[Rhodes22-list] Political - 21st Century 'Ernie Pyle"

[Rob Lowe]

Brad,
Here's a couple I found. I'm not sure what you consider credible, but it
sounds like these stories were all based on the same analysis. - rob

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/01/23/army_recruits_with_diplomas_hit_25_year_low/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012203326.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18427597

It looks like the military's own data showed a drop off in the late 1990's
for some branches of service, but the percentages have rebounded.  The data
stopped at 2004 however.

http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/poprep2004/enlisted_accessions/education.html

The link to the original National Priorities Project report is listed below.

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/militaryrecruiting2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political - 21st Century 'Ernie Pyle"


> Rob,
>
> I'm out the door and headed for the hangar but one part of your response
> caught my attention.
>
> "They are accepting more recruits without high school degrees (30% now)
and
> recruits accused of and in cases convicted of crimes".
>
> Please give me a credible reference for that statement. That is completely
> opposite my recent experience working with armed forces recruiters (with
my
> son), and the many fellow pilots I work with who are still commanders in
> various Marine, Air Force, and Naval reserve units (we are
under-represented
> by Army) including three Generals (one a two-star).
>
> Brad
>