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

[Steven Alm]

Here's another:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4695168

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> 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
> >
>
>
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