How much longer can the US military keep lowering its standards to meet quotas?

Question by ThatOneDude: How much longer can the US military keep lowering its standards to meet quotas?

Right around the time I got out of the army, an NCO of mine and I were talking about this. She talked about how the military is letting in people they really should not be letting in just to get the bare minumum. You could get in before with a small criminal background, but now you can get with in with a larger one.

That's the problem. We have an all-volunteer military in an unpopular war. Not enough people are joining up. It's not just enlistment, but re-enlistment. People in are getting out because they've done multiple tours in Iraq, and they're sick of going and don't want to go back.

A lot of the bad stuff coming from troops in Iraq is from troops who before the Iraq War would not have been let in.

Can the US military really keep this up?




Best answer:

Answer by nature lover
If you and your NCO friend of yours had any real knowledge you would know that the recruiting numbers are being met. In fact the Air Force became even tougher on their entrance requirements because they constantly exceeded their goals and they are downsizing. So your information appears to be off.

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