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	Quality of Army recruits remains high
		This stands in sharp contrast to the late 1970s, when as many as 45 percent of Army recruits could be drawn from category 4.
		Congress imposed a cap of 25 percent of new recruits in that category in fiscal 1981, then lowered the ceiling to 20 percent in fiscal 1983, according to Bob Clark, DoD's assistant director for accessions policy.
		As of June 30, the Army had exceeded its year-to-date active-duty recruiting goal by 4 percent.
	www4.army.mil /ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9290 (520 words)

	Companies Use Business Savvy To Recruit For Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Army and Army Reserve increased new soldiers' signing bonuses for some jobs, raised the maximum age for enlistees and stopped some soldiers from retiring.
		A recent government report says many military recruiters were unhappy with their jobs and that recruiting violations - such as instructing applicants not to disclose medical conditions - increased 50 percent in one year.
		Though the Army has not announced a decision on whether it will continue the experiment with private recruiters, which was mandated by Congress and operates only as a pilot program, it appears to be moving in that direction.
	www.tbo.com /news/nationworld/MGBXHT7AVRE.html (790 words)

	Army program of bonuses for recruits decried \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Even with the Army falling short of its recruitment goals for the year, the military says the program works: A doubling of the top bonus to $40,000 is often the first thing Army officials request when Congress asks what they need to maintain troop strength as the war in Iraq goes on.
		Recruits lock in an amount at the end of the process, when they're sitting alone with a job counselor at a local processing station, before they sign their final contract.
		Hilferty, the Army spokesman at the Pentagon, said the Army's job and incentive system "works best when it fills needed skills with soldiers." He said the Army would give out $207 million in bonuses this year, after receiving supplement funding up from the $141 million originally budgeted.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050815/news_1n15recruit.html (996 words)

	MOAA - Today's Officer: Quantity or Quality
		In FY 2006, only 81 percent of recruits were high school graduates, the smallest proportion reported by the Army in 25 years — that is, since the start of the Reagan administration.
		But in 2006, TTAS recruits for the active duty Army jumped to a total of 5,900 from a ceiling the previous years of 4,000.
		Thomas P. Bostick, commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, said at the same press conference that most of the non-high school graduates being recruited passed the GED test.
	www.moaa.org /todaysofficer/Columnists/Philpott/recruitment.asp (733 words)

	German army to recruit cyborgs : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The German Army's robot experience is relatively limited: it uses remote-controlled tracked devices for bomb disposal and remote-controlled drones for filming and other intelligence gathering over battlefields.
		For the army, ELROB was like the starting line in a race, the first showing on this scale by developers of what is possible.
		Amman said that the army is comfortable with the variety of the robots.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1702723,00050003.htm (568 words)

	Chapter 7: Personnel - DAHSUM FY 1984
		Total Army recruiting succeeded in FY 84 as the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (Active Army and Army Reserve) and the In-Service Recruiting Program (Army Reserve) met their total accession objectives, while the ARNG met its objectives only partially during the year.
		Moreover, the Army implemented yet another qualitative yardstick by establishing the objective of obtaining 63 percent of its non-prior service recruits from those applicants who scored in the upper half of the AFQT tested population (AFQT Category I-III A).
		The Army achieved 8 percent of this goal and placed 45,000 positions under evaluation for coverage by the end of FY 84.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/DAHSUM/1984/ch07.htm (2415 words)

	Army Times - Opinion: Soft serve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Army Times reported in October that the services had reached their fiscal 2006 recruiting goals, but compromises had to be made, especially by the Army.
		And only 81 percent of the Army’s recruits in fiscal 2006 were high school graduates, the service’s worst showing in two decades.
		Unfortunately, this means that recruits going through basic training are fully aware that they are hot commodities: They know the Army needs them more than they need the Army.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2393979.php (769 words)

	America's Army - Support - Windows FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Army is a team effort, and the game reflects this team focus by structuring online play around teams in which mission accomplishment, achieving game objectives and progressing in the game becomes a function of team effort.
		Therefore when a new Army recruit goes to the obstacle course or the rifle range in basic training they will be able to immediately recognize their surroundings from the America's Army game, even down to the trees in the area.
		The Army is an armed force and as such it is organized and sanctioned to employ force incident to combat operations on land.
	www.americasarmy.com /support/faq_win.php?p=1 (5629 words)

	USATODAY.com - Army seeks blood donations for Iraq war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — A boyish Army recruit sits quietly in a plastic chair at Fort Knox and shields a wince from the stern gaze of a drill instructor while a nurse digs with a needle for a vein in his arm.
		Recruits such as those at Fort Knox, sailors on ships at sea, and families of those currently serving abroad are all encouraged to donate blood as war wages on.
		The Army does not routinely take blood from civilian sources because of cost and the risk of depleting supplies that may be needed at home.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2006-05-02-army-blood_x.htm (809 words)

	Careers - The Irish Defence Forces
		Recruits in the Permanent Defence Force are required to undergo an initial training period of approximately 16 weeks, during which time they are required to live in barracks.
		Recruits are taken into the army as required.
		At present recruits sign on for a fixed term of five years in the PDF followed by a further period of seven years in the Reserve.
	www.military.ie /careers/army_recruits.htm (274 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/10/2006 \| Lower standards help Army recruit more
		The recruiting mark comes a year after the Army missed its recruitment target by the widest margin since 1979, which had triggered a boost in the number of recruiters, increased bonuses, and changes in standards.
		About 17 percent of the first-time recruits, or about 13,600, were accepted under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving.
		The Reserves recruited 25,378 of the targeted 25,500; and the Guard recruited 69,042 of the targeted 70,000.
	www.realcities.com /mld/realcities/news/15719829.htm (492 words)

	Army Times - News - More News.
		The Army is overhauling its basic training to help recruits survive the particular dangers of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Army basic training is designed to transform civilians into fighters by teaching them to march, shoot rifles and kill the enemy.
		Recruits will be taught to fire weapons other than the M-16, the standard rifle for foot soldiers.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2530408.php (335 words)

	Department of Defence - Australian Army
		Recruit training is the same for male and female entrants.
		During the four-week Reserve Recruit Training Course or 80 day Army Recruit Course you will be required to take part in physical training, weapon handling and shooting, first aid, drill and field craft.
		Recruits gain a sense of achievement, purpose and confidence during basic training, and on march-out feel justifiably proud of what they have achieved.
	www.defence.gov.au /army/artc/training.html (859 words)

	Army recruit is finally accepted, tattoo and all Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cory Davidson recently got a call from the Army informing him that the neck tattoo that had threatened to keep him out of the service is not a problem under the revised policy.
		Davidson said the recruiter told him to have his neck tattoo -- two inch-high Japanese characters that mean "brothers" -- removed.
		Davidson, who lives in Elwood about 40 miles northeast of Indianapolis, was unaware that Army policy prohibited recruiters from telling would-be recruits to have a tattoo removed to improve their chances of being accepted.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060207/ai_n16046946 (370 words)

	americas.org - Army Recruit, 14, Killed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The scandal has prompted the removal of Col. Raúl Antonio Ortiz from the command of the Vista Alegre base, where Centurión was killed, although the army claims the recruit was alone and his death was either suicide or an accident.
		Cemproniana Centurión said that her son was forcibly recruited into the armed forces at age 13.
		She showed a birth certificate—verified as valid by Argentine officials—proving that he was born in 1986 in the Argentine town of Clorinda near the Paraguayan border, and is an Argentine citizen; she said a birth certificate presented by the army which claims he was born in Paraguay in 1981 is a fake.
	www.americas.org /item_6275 (500 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Baja upset at U.S. Army bid to recruit in Tijuana
		The recruiter could face discipline for breaking the rules, said Cordell, whose office is in Orange County.
		Cordell said the incident at the school apparently began when the recruiter, whom he wouldn't name, got a tip from a recent recruit that two of the recruit's friends living in Mexico would be good prospects.
		Cordell said the recruiter and the young recruit approached a school administrator in an attempt to talk to the two young men.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20030509-9999_1m9recruit.html (765 words)

	VALIDATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY RECRUIT BATTERY (BARB) AGAINST PHASE 2 MILITARY TRAINING
		The British Army Recruit Battery (BARB) is one of the main selection tools for entry into the British Army.
		It is during Phase I training that recruits begin the transition from civilian to soldier.
		Because practicals and exercises are used to assess competence in a particular area, it is feasible for a large number of recruits to receive a high mark or grade if they have demonstrated the required level of competence.
	www.ijoa.org /imta96/paper43.html (1387 words)

	Army.com - Minimum $5,000 bonus for every qualified Army recruit
		FORT KNOX, Ky. – All qualified recruits without prior military service who enlist for at least three years in the active Army and report for training before Sept. 30 are eligible for an enlistment bonus of at least $5,000, which may be combined with all other existing bonuses for a total of up to $20,000.
		The Army College Fund, which is available to recruits who select high-priority specialties, offers up to $70,000 for higher education.
		They recently took a day off to look at their recruiting procedures and it seems they are ready to get aggressive again offering the highest bonuses we've seen.
	www.army.com /blog/item/245 (394 words)

	The Adventures of Chester: Changes to Army Recruit Training
		Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker ordered the command to find a way to fit the new curriculum into the existing nine weeks.
		If we recruit civilians with promises of seeing the world, getting into college, or making a better life for themselves, we will end up with recruits with a sense of entitlement for a variety of benefits -- though of course most will perform superbly.
		He joined the Army to pay off his college loans and to use the $6,000 signing bonus to furnish their apartment.
	www.theadventuresofchester.com /archives/2004/11/changes_to_army.html (2748 words)

	Royal Recruit Joins Army Basic Skills Partnership
		The visit acknowledged the progress made in Army training as a result of a 5-year partnership between the Army and the Basic Skills Agency.
		The 33 Army Education Centres and six initial training units, all with their own specialist Basic Skills tutors provides an impressive infrastructure for organising and delivering the Army’s literacy, language and numeracy provision — across the UK and overseas.
		The second part of The Princess’s tour showed this kind of support in action and took her to an Army Education Centre to meet with soldiers on a Level 1 literacy course.
	www.army.mod.uk /dets_a/recent_events/royal_recruit_joins_army_basic_skills_pa.htm (614 words)

	- Joining the Military - Military.com
		A new program, Operation Blue to Green, seeks to recruit airmen and sailors leaving their service due to force reductions into the Army, which is temporarily increasing its ranks.
		New soldiers recruited under Operation Blue to Green will go through a four- week "warrior transition course" being developed by the Army Training and Doctrine Command.
		Bonuses will be offered to recruits for selected military occupational specialties, although details were not yet available.
	www.military.com /Recruiting/Content/0,,071404_Army,00.html (535 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Army recruit hurt by drill stick
		An army recruit has been seriously injured by a drill training stick that was broken.
		It is alleged the recruit was injured when a broken, brass-tipped stick used for drill training was thrown.
		It is understood the injured recruit had been in the Staffordshire Regiment for just two weeks when the incident happened on the three-month basic training course.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/6180756.stm (258 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Army recruit's dream shattered by abuse
		Now the teenager is pursuing a civil action against the Army for a claim of damages for assault and battery.
		The particular incident happened during an inspection of the recruits' accommodation block, where Broome became unhappy because there was dust on the floor.
		Simon says the Colour Sgt repeated this treatment with other recruits, some of whom were also made to eat boot polish which had been left smeared on a table.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/5165622.stm (985 words)

	Boing Boing: More wacky Army recruit spam hijinks in Texas
		After going into the Dobie Mall (a private dorm here at UT Austin), where the Army Recruitment Office is, and politely giving my name an e-mail, and requesting that they never contact me again, I just received another call from the US Army, the same pre-recorded message.
		Apparently, there exist the San Antonio U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion, with the mission statement of, "The San Antonio U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion's mission is to recruit qualified men and women from south and central Texas, in order to provide the strength needed to uphold and defend Freedom and Democracy."
		This leads me to believe that the Dobie Mall recruitment office is responsible for sending the spams, while the San Antonio U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion is responsible for the phone calls, by contracting out someone in Las Vegas to send automated pre-recorded messages to college students.
	www.boingboing.net /2004/12/10/more_wacky_army_recr.html (405 words)

	Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana - An Army of One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lutz enlisted in the Army at the age of 40, possibly setting a record as the oldest female recruit in the Army’s history.
		The enlistment was made possible when the Army recently raised the age limit for recruits from 35 to 42.
		When Lutz went to the recruiting office, she was mistaken as a parent of a recruit.
	www.kokomotribune.com /local/local_story_210233506.html (816 words)

	TCU Army ROTC - Scholarships
		The ROTC program is assisting the MBA program recruit Army officers transitioning out of the Army.
		Be 17 years of age within the first semester of your freshman year, and must not reach your 31st birthday by 31 December of the year in which you will graduate from college and receive your commission.
		If you are taking or have taken college courses, you must be considered a beginning Freshman and have 4 academic years remaining for a baccalaureate degree upon enrollment in the fall of the year you will enter college.
	www.army.tcu.edu /transofficers.asp (201 words)

	Lower Standards Help Army Recruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army recruited more than 2,600 Soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year, helping the service beat its goal of 80,000 recruits in the throes of an unpopular war and mounting casualties.
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	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,116439,00.html (585 words)

	Bomber hits Iraq army recruit center
		A witness said they were lined up as many as 10 abreast when a suicide bomber wearing a vest laden with explosives blew himself up.
		Smoke and fire belched from the locus of the blast, and survivors ran from the scene, letting their recruitment papers flutter to the ground, said Faris Hatam, 23, who lives nearby.
		The terrorist organization al-Qaida immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the authenticity of the statement could not be verified.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/news/articles/0730iraq30.html (314 words)

	It's Happening Global Discussion Forum - Defence seeks more witnesses in US Army recruit's rape case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Attorney Hasban told the court, Article 39 of the Criminal Law states an action is not considered a ‘crime’ if the victim was satisfied with the action and provided it was not committed under duress or pressure.
		The lawyer added the victim did not intend to file a case against the accussed, but she was obliged to do so to avoid being accussed of lying.
		He pointed out the victim was only looking forward to benefits (compensation) from her government because she is a US recruit who was 'raped' in Kuwait.
	www.itshappening.com /showthread.php?t=41153 (537 words)

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