Bag's Rants

Join the Army. I'll give it a miss thanks.

Oh dear. US army recruitment down. I wonder what the UK recruitment looks like this year? Seems people are no longer seeing the armed forces as an easy option. Without people to go into battle we might not be in the position to take on the world. But, there are always those that feel invulnerable and it will never happen to them. They will always get most of their requirements while they are looking for reasonable amounts.

It also appears the national guard and the army reserve were even worse than the army. People are realising that they could be sent to their deaths where previously they were signing up for education and a challenging job. Usually, but not always, based in the US. The national guard appears to be like our TA. Weekend warriors. Trained for war but not expected to get involved in one. Things have changed over the last few years.

There was talk of a draft last year in the US so it should be interesting with this latest data.

posted by Bag @ 12:34 pm