The Army Finds A Solution To Its Recruiting Woes...

...Continue to lower its standards. Yea, that'll help.

"Be all that you can be. Or not. It's not really a big deal."

AP: Lower standards help Army recruit more

The U.S. Army recruited more than 2,600 soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year, helping the service beat its goal of 80,000 recruits in the throes of an unpopular war and mounting casualties.

The recruiting mark comes a year after the Army missed its recruitment target by the widest margin since 1979, which had triggered a boost in the number of recruiters, increased bonuses, and changes in standards...

...According to statistics obtained by The Associated Press, 3.8 percent of the first-time recruits scored below certain aptitude levels. In previous years, the Army had allowed only 2 percent of its recruits to have low aptitude scores. That limit was increased last year to 4 percent, the maximum allowed by the Defense Department...

...About 17 percent of the first-time recruits, or about 13,600, were accepted under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving. That is a slight increase from last year, the Army said...

Yet another sad cost of the President's misguided military policies.

Rather than a politically suicidal call to renew the draft to keep their quagmire going, the White House would rather degrade the Army's image even lower than they have already. And people gave Clinton shit for 'gutting' the military (by actually making it less bloated and more effective)?!

But fear not! They are planning a new marketing campaign to boost their numbers-

In its battle to win the hearts and minds of recruiting-age Americans, the Army is replacing its main ad slogan -- "An Army of One" -- with one it hopes will pack more punch: "Army Strong."...

'ARMY STRONG'??! 'Good grief' is more like it.

This is a $200 million campaign, by the way. Your tax dollars at work.