Army Reserve falters on recruitment

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Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON — The Army Reserve, whose troops drive trucks on bomb-riddled roads and help set up local governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, is struggling to recruit soldiers.

The Army Reserve missed its recruiting goal by 5% last year and is 9% short of its target this year, records show. Halfway through the 2007 budget year, it was nearly 1,300 soldiers short of its midyear goal of 14,273.

Reserves provide much of the logistical support for troops in combat, such as transporting tanks from Kuwait to Iraq or helping local governments.

Reserve combat engineers are in demand for clearing roads of homemade bombs known as improvised explosive devices.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-10-army-reserve-recruitment_N.htm

[tabasco]

1. How can this be with all those college republicans out there????

Where are the freeper brigades????

[Cobalt-60]

4. Indeed

It seems that the recruiters should be constantly working College Republicons.
They talk the talk.
It's time for them to walk the walk.

[minnesota_liberal]

2. Seems like they should "stop-loss" a few recent Army Reserve retirees

Hopefully my former boss is one of them!

[Erika]

3. This is a chance for the poor kids to get ahead in the world.

Per Donald Rumsfeld. Note his class/caste reference.