Comments on: Army Hopes Dropouts Can Fill Gaps

Opens First Prep School Aimed At Students Who Quit High School

[haoli25]

I''''m retired from the Army. Do to family problems I only completed the 9th grade, got my GED on my own, did some community college, joined the Army, retired from the Army as an officer with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Posted by stevenga777


You are to be applauded, sir. But I don''t think there are many with your drive among the Generation X and later crowds.

[lucasnico]

this is bush''s no child left behind plan

[talk2chief]

Name one war where the Sol-Dier died for his country in the name of Liberty & Freedom
There isn''''t such a war never has never will.
Posted by WarDogLRS at 10:48 PM : Aug 27, 2008

How about World War II and Nazi aggression? How about the soldier who defends your right to spout ignorant and politically motivated rubbish without the fear of reprisal. He may not agree with you and your ***, but he swore an oath to defend it. MORON!

[frigginnutz1]

ARMY IS ALLREADY FULL OF LOSERS SURE WHY NOT

[stevenga777]

I''m retired from the Army. Do to family problems I only completed the 9th grade, got my GED on my own, did some community college, joined the Army, retired from the Army as an officer with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

[jayblrdi]

If the dropouts won''t join, the recruits can always just threaten them with punishment.

That seems to be the method preferred by the some of the struggling recruiters nowadays. Lie, threaten, coerce, and pressure anyone into joining by any means necessary. If they decide they''re not interested just lie to them and tell them they will go to jail for being AWOL.

[haoli25]

The ranks of the Green Berets and Rangers may to move over to make room for the ''Fighting Jethro Bodines''.
lol

[rwsmith29456]

I''m sure the typical high school drop-out quit school to support his family.

[wogerwabbit]

The next step, although I suspect it has been already been taken, is a tactic from the later part of the Vietnam War... judges sentencing people to the Army or jail time for petty offences... they called it giving them a choice. I''d say about a quarter of the people I went to basic training with from NYC were sentenced to the Army. They were a fun crowd, but lousy soldiers.

[cosmicfluke]

The dumber the better.

[missingamerica]

"There''s no jobs out there, nothing. It''s just horrible. And it got hard just trying to support myself and go to school at the same time," Holden said.

Another problem I have with Republicans...they like to have wars to profit from and/or to gain control of the world''s resources, but they don''t like to fight them personally.

What is their motivation to fix inequitable "free trade" and "trickle down" economics, when it is making them rich?

Especially when it might reduce their pool of volunteer "policy deployment tools"?

[excoachken]

When will be able to end the exploitation of these underprivilaged kids by demanding that ALL (RICH, poor, and middle class) kids be required for Universal Service to our country? Enough of the classist, crooked system that now exists to exploit the poor and undereducated, who are used as throwaways, much like the suicide bombers of our enemies.

[frigginnutz]

WHAT! AS IF THE ARMY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH SCREWED UP PEOPLE

[cbsfan73]

The fact that nobody is posting an AMEN, shows what a cowardly nation we are.

Moving on...

[cbsfan73]

Anyway...

The article should be titled:

The Wealthy Hope Dropouts Can Fill Gaps

[cbsfan73]

cbsfan73 yawns...

[cbsfan73]

Wealthy man''s definition of war:
Economic windfall

[cbsfan73]

Definition of minimum wage:

Crumbs.

[cbsfan73]

Modern definition of a patriot:
One who protects the the wealthy and the crumb gatherers.

[cbsfan73]

America should be like Switzerland.