US Army aims to coax former troops back to service

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29336683.htm

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, fresh off missing its latest annual recruiting goal, has launched an unprecedented effort to coax former troops to sign up again for active-duty military service, officials said on Tuesday.

The Army this month began contacting 78,000 people who previously served in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to pitch them on the idea of leaving behind their civilian lives and returning for another stint in uniform, said Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon.

Unlike in the past, they now can return to the Army without giving up their previous rank or undergo the rigors of basic training, said Hilferty, who described it as the first program of its kind for the Army.

The Army fell about 7,000 short of its goal of sending 80,000 recruits into basic training in fiscal 2005, which ended Sept. 30. Officials attributed the shortfall to the Iraq war and other factors. The fiscal 2006 recruiting goal again is set at 80,000.

[formercia]

1. LOL!!

[DS1]

2. oh man

do they make stretch cammies? :rofl:

[babylonsister]

6. ROFL! Spandex - the 'new' Army material! nt

[0007]

20. Just imagine these guy in the latest camouflage fatigues

The Fighting Tigers of yesteryears are wanted by Uncle Same.

[hobbit709]

3. What are the odds?

I imagine that most will say the same thing "Up yours"

[hwmnbn]

I'm not goin' back...

I didn't re-up in '68, I won't do it now. I won't I tell ya!

How much is that bonus? Can I get that money up front? hmm....:hippie:

[cornermouse]

4. I hope they tell the Army where to go.

O8)

[Salaama]

5. Oooh...

Now you can keep your previous rank and not undergo basic training again...

Translation:

We are desperate, please join...you only have to get shot at this time!!! and listen listen...
For an unworthy and selfish cause, brought to you by the puppet and the puppet masters of the white house.

Peace,
~Salaama

[babylonsister]

7. Salaama, welcome to DU! nt

[Salaama]

8. Thank you very much......

I really like it here and i can actually speak my mind...LOL

it gets interesting being a 15yr old Muslim American with 2 parents very much into politics...LOL

peace,
~Salaama

P.S. sorry for using up your thread...hehe way off subject

[babylonsister]

12. You will learn a lot! Encourage your folks to come on over, too,

if they're not already here. The more the merrier, and I look forward to seeing lots more of your posts!:hi:

[Salaama]

14. Actually it was my dad who told me i should join

He is Psychodad and my mom is plasticwidow. :D
And i just joined :D :D :D lol
Thank you very much though, i'm not really that skilled at posting yet my dad though has 1000+ and mom just joined.

Peace,
~Salaama

[babylonsister]

15. Hey, you'll be over 1000 before you know it!

If I see your mom or dad I'll say hi! :)

[Salaama]

17. Okay!!

I'm sure they'd like that :D

thank you for being supportive i'm trying to post in as many as i feel i need to..lol. :D

Peace,
~Salaama

P.S. what does nt mean?

[babylonsister]

19. nt=no (further) text; eom=end of message. You'll

learn them all the longer you're here; if you have questions, just ask! :hi:

[FlemingsGhost]

9. I love the smell of desperation in the afternoon.

It smells like, quagmire.

[Coastie for Truth]

10. Well if they offered me the grade I would have had - If I had stayed in

and let me live out my wildest fantasies

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I might hesitate for a nanosecond before I began to :rofl: :rofl:

[LiberalEsto]

11. Get Bush -- he hasn't finished his Air National Guard service.

It would give him a chance to make up for those missed days spent partying in Alabama.

[driver8]

13. I better start smoking pot again! No way am I passing that drug test!!

I want to be ready for them.

[babylonsister]

16. Lame excuse-LOL! nt

[genie_weenie]

18. Not just Army the Marines Too!

I just got a call for a 6 month billet with the 2D MACE in Bagram Afghanistan! Thankfully I've hit my EAS!

[Ioo]

21. I hope they call me...

So I can tell them to go fuck themselfs...