The Pentagon, which can barely attract enough recruits to maintain current troop levels, has involuntarily extended the enlistments of as many as 100,000 soldiers. Desperate for troops, the Army has lowered its standards to let in twenty-five percent more high school dropouts, and the Marines are now offering as much as $30,000 to anyone who re-enlists.
Rolling Stone article
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Looking for a few good men
But we'll settle for what we can trick, trap or bribe.
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