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Army recruitment rises
Glendale :: AZ :: USA | 14 days ago
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The number of Army recruits from Glendale and Burbank increased by 57% last year — a surge Army officials attributed to the recession, expanded benefits for soldiers and enhanced community outreach. Area enlistments for the 2009 fiscal year ending Sept....
Tags: Army, army recruitment, Glendale Community College, Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion, Los Angeles County, Glendale, Employment, Military recruitment, Burbank California, Glendale California, G.I. Bill, Military personnel, Recruitment, Maricopa County Arizona
Lowering the Bar: Kindergarten Recruitment
Baghdad :: Iraq | 14 days ago
Credibility Jon Letman, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed (Image: Jon Letman) How old is old enough for students to be approached by military recruiters?...Last week at the dinner table, my five-year-old son announced blithely, "Soldiers came to school today."
Tags: Army National Guard, military recruitment, Iraq, Baghdad, Andrew Bacevich, Paleoconservatives, War, Education
Report says 75 percent of Americans unfit to serve in military
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility An alarming 75 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 would not qualify for military service today because they are physically unfit, failed to finish high school or have criminal records. So says a new report from Mission: Readiness, an organization of education...
Tags: Air Force Recruiting Service, Kansas City, young adults, Military personnel, Military recruitment, Obesity, Wentworth Military Academy and College, Military service, Employment, Recruitment, Military sociology
High unemployment means high military recruitment
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 19 days ago
Credibility As a construction worker in southern California, says Blaise Counter, life was pretty sweet. Working on what he describes as "corporate millionaire homes," his $1,300-a- week paycheck allowed him his own luxury – a modest shared apartment in upscale Laguna...
Tags: Boston Army, US Army, military recruitment, gi bills, Taliban, Blaise Counter, Mr. Counter, Pakistan, Karāchi
Taking Advantage: Refugees' Vulnerability to Military Recruitment
Double jeopardy. CNN is reporting that in Kenya's refugee camps, which hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees have made their "temporary" homes, Somali military recruiters are enticing refugee men and boys to join their ranks. Human Rights...
College Campus Recruiter Murdered in War Protest Novel
Defending College Heights By Stuart Nachbar iUniverse ISBN: 9780595496310 217 Pages Stuart Nachbar's Defending College Heights brought back many memories of working within the political and town-gown relations on a university campus...
Tags: Stuart Nachbar, military recruitment, war, Iraq, college campus, town-gown relations, political power
Military recruiter killed in Arkansas shooting
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility A new soldier helping to attract others to the military was shot and killed outside an Army recruiting office Monday and a second soldier was wounded, and a suspect was arrested, police said. A man inside a black vehicle pulled up outside the Army-Navy...
Tags: Arkansas State Police, military recruitment, Little Rock, Army/Navy Recruitment Center, US Army, Army Recruiting Station, Army-Navy, recruitment station, rock police, chief stuart
Authorities probing letters sent to Capitol Hill regarding N.Y. explosion
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The letters reportedly said, “We did it.” It is unclear who sent the letters. The AP obtained a copy of an e-mail from the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to other lawmakers Thursday that stated, “A few offices on the House side have
Tags: times square, military recruitment, New York, recruitment office, square military, Capitol Hill, letters sent
Authorities: Times Square Bomb, Congressional Mailings Not Linked
New York :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The timing amounts to "an amazing coincidence," one law enforcement official said. About 100 congressional Democrats received identical antiwar letters in recent days that declared: "We did it," and included photos of a man standing in front of the
Tags: bomb, military recruitment, recruitment station, New York Times Square, New York City, square military, Congress Letters, square bomb, law enforcement
'Bang' in Times Square Halts Subways
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility New York police were investigating a reported explosion in Times Square early Thursday, police said. Two witnesses, a man and a woman, each told a local TV station they ...
Tags: New York Times, military recruitment, recruitment stations, Manhattan, square military, U.S, California
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