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  • September 2008

    • Recruit Drops and Gives the Army 100 ... Pounds

      Dallas Morning News  |  Sep 30, 08 5:15 PM CDT

      Recruit Drops and Gives the Army 100 ... Pounds

      (Newser) - A Texas woman shed 113 pounds to join the Army, saying she was startled into action after being told she was too heavy to qualify. “I’ll never see her again,” a recruiter says he thought on meeting 263-pound Ashley Barrett-Carter, the Dallas Morning News reports. Now in basic training, the 21-year-old says of the weighty accomplishment: “It's given me the courage to follow through.” More »

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      Texas  • exercise  • diet  • weight loss  • military recruits  • US Army Air Force

  • August 2008

    • Army School Gets Dropouts Ready to Serve

      Associated Press  |  Aug 27, 08 6:50 PM CDT

      Army School Gets Dropouts Ready to Serve

      (Newser) - The US Army today opened its first prep school to prepare high school dropouts for military service, the AP reports. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and not enough eligible recruits, the Army wants unqualified prospects to earn their GEDs. "Only three out of every 10 people of military age" qualify, says one Army rep. "We are going to have to do something different." More »

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      Iraq war  • US military  • US Army  • high school  • Afghanistan war  • Army recruiting  • military recruits

  • June 2008

    • Top Engineers Shun Military

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 2:15 AM CDT

      Top Engineers Shun Military

      (Newser) - Greater "geek cachet" and higher pay is diverting engineering managers from the military into places like Microsoft and Google, the New York Times reports. The result is a dearth of  managers overseeing military projects, which government investigators largely blame for long delays and $295 billion in cost overruns. The shortage has forced the military to increasingly rely on consultants, who often lack the skills and incentive to hold down spending. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Pentagon  • military  • engineering  • military recruits  • Pentagon waste

  • April 2008

    • Armed Forces Enlist More Criminals

      Associated Press  |  Apr 21, 08 8:29 PM CDT

      Armed Forces Enlist More Criminals

      (Newser) - The US Army and Marines are signing up more felons in an effort to overcome flagging enlistment, the AP reports. The Army doubled its recruitment of felons last year and the Marines upped theirs from 208 to 350—including conscripts with sex crime and manslaughter convictions. The rise in felon recruits "may be undermining military readiness," said Rep. Henry Waxman, who revealed the data. More »

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      US Army  • US Marine Corps  • military recruits  • recruitment  • felon

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Uncle Sam Wants ... Anybody

      Washington Post  |  Jan 23, 08 10:28 AM CST

      Uncle Sam Wants ... Anybody

      (Newser) - The Army is lowering standards to meet recruiting goals, with the percentage of high school-educated recruits dropping to a new low of 70.7% last year, reports the Washington Post . The Army hasn't reached its goal of 90% since 2004. A new study also shows that the number of "high quality" recruits—high school graduates who score in the upper half of a military qualification test—has dropped more than 15% since 2004. More »

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      Army  • Army recruiting  • tour of duty  • recruiting  • military recruits  • high school graduates

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