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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
These days? These days!? Army recruitment requisites have always been lousy in this nation.
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Yes i know. What i'm referring to, is they lowered them EVEN FURTHER in the last 5 to 8 years, if you believe that's even possible.
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In case you're not familiar with it, the ASVAB is just about the easiest standardized test ever made, and scoring a 30 on it places you just a step ahead of people who score a 15 or below and are legally unfit for military service.
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I scored an 98 in Mechanical.
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IMO, we need to re-think the structure of our military from the ground up. What we are doing now is the national equivalent of hiring McDonalds employees. If we are to perform our assumed role as the leader of the free world we must have troops capable of representing that role.
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It comes down to this man. We either hire McDonald's to represent our nation, or we reinstate the draft. The people with the mental caliber we'd want to represent us, are either:
a.) Too few in number in terms of who's willing to volunteer.
b.) Joined the Air Force.
c.) have no interest in serving in the military.
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The most efficient way to do that is to use PMCs. PMCsarethe private sector that steals the best recruits. Why not allow them and emulate them?
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For some reason, i find myself furrowing my brow a little at the idea of hiring mercenaries to represent our nation overseas.