Tuesday, June 16, 2009
RECESSION RECRUITMENT
The quality of new soldiers is increasing as a lack of civilian jobs prompts fitter, smarter men to opt for a career in uniform. The influx of "recession recruits" has pushed the drop-out rate on the infantry's gruelling, basic-training course below 30 per cent for the first time. Brigadier James Stevenson, Commandant of the School of Infantry, said that economic slumps historically boosted army recruitment." (Times, 15 June) RD
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Makes you wonder to what extent these guys are volunteers.Sound more like 'economic conscripts'.
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