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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #4786 on: January 20, 2019, 06:40:23 pm »
Well this was obviously going to happen.

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« Reply #4787 on: January 20, 2019, 08:06:49 pm »
Gotta make that recruiting number somehow.

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« Reply #4788 on: January 21, 2019, 11:33:20 pm »
Gotta make that recruiting number somehow.
I bet they accept males who fail fitness test as well.

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« Reply #4790 on: January 22, 2019, 04:44:04 pm »
That whole incident was so twisted and taken out of context. The media and Reddit completely ignored the actual instigators, and now they are removing all videos showing it in full from their front pages.

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« Reply #4791 on: January 22, 2019, 06:21:19 pm »
Well this was obviously going to happen.

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Even says "those who failed". U.S. Military, amongst many others, are failing to meet recruitment numbers. This is how they make do.
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« Reply #4792 on: January 22, 2019, 09:01:56 pm »
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Even says "those who failed". U.S. Military, amongst many others, are failing to meet recruitment numbers. This is how they make do.

This wasn't basic recruitment though, it was selection for an infantry instructor position. The army desperately wanted its first ever woman in the role.

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« Reply #4793 on: January 22, 2019, 10:16:37 pm »
Because they desperately need people.

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« Reply #4794 on: January 22, 2019, 11:13:09 pm »
Because they desperately need people.

There is no shortage of grunts wanting to become NCOs. This is different to military recruitment.

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« Reply #4795 on: January 23, 2019, 06:48:28 am »
Recruits are hard to come by because the folks coming of prime military age now have lived their whole lives in a never-ending war in other people's countries and the delusion of 'protecting your country' by means of bombing others half a world away has crumbled.
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« Reply #4796 on: January 24, 2019, 09:00:06 pm »
Venezuela is getting spicy. I don't really see a way this is going to go down peacefully, as Maduro has the army's backing, and Guadio is either going to get whacked or arrested if no other major developments occur.

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« Reply #4797 on: January 26, 2019, 12:13:12 am »
I am actually ancestor of Spanish kings, I claim Viceroyality of Venezuela as my realm. Please back me.

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« Reply #4798 on: January 26, 2019, 01:20:00 pm »
Recruits are hard to come by because the folks coming of prime military age now have lived their whole lives in a never-ending war in other people's countries and the delusion of 'protecting your country' by means of bombing others half a world away has crumbled.

No that's really not why recruiment is down.
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« Reply #4799 on: January 26, 2019, 02:11:38 pm »
Recruits are hard to come by because the folks coming of prime military age now have lived their whole lives in a never-ending war in other people's countries and the delusion of 'protecting your country' by means of bombing others half a world away has crumbled.

No that's really not why recruiment is down.

Exactly. No idea about the Netherlands, but in Anglosphere countries a big factor is that too many people are unfit due to obesity, diabetes, asthma etc. When a third of American men are obese then your recruitment pool is actually quite small.

Also during peace time recruitment numbers tend to go down anyway. Few people want to train for years on weapon systems they might never get to use in real combat and they want the glory of going to war.