Climbing ropes and crawling in the mud under barbed wire, dozens of American high school kids at an unusual summer camp vied to see who could get most dirty as they tackled an Army obstacle course.And as they ran between obstacles in the woods, the kids shouted Army chants. Asked by a cadet if they were motivated, they shouted back in unison: "Motivated, motivated, downright motivated. Ooh, aah, ooh, aah, I want to kill somebody."
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
The fact that retention these days is not by volunteerism isn't mentioned. Nor are the facts that bonuses for re-upping can be up to $40,000, people as old as 42 are eligible to enroll, and the ranks of high school drop-outs and people with criminal backgrounds have surged.
Interestingly enough, enlistment numbers of African Americans has dropped by half.
As Mark Twain said, "Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable."
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
In an extraordinary move, the Army sacked a four-star general who was the subject of a Defense Department investigation into alleged sexual misconduct, an official said Tuesday.
Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, was approaching retirement when the decision to relieve him of duty was made by the Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker.[...]
Disciplinary action against officers is not rare, but it is extremely unusual in the case of a four-star general. An Army spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Pamela Hart, said records from the General Officer Management Office show no cases in recent history in which a four-star general has been relieved of duty for disciplinary reasons.
Byrnes, 55, a Vietnam veteran, ranked third in seniority among the Army's 11 four-star generals.
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