The Army has cut orders sending 800 NCOs to recruiting school. Included in the memo are the fact that none of the time-in-grade, fitness or evaluation restrictions will be enforced, and that anyone E-5 (Sergeant) or above who accepts the orders will get a one-grade promotion, $5,000, and then $1,500 a month if they accept a one-year extension of the duty. And then, if the recruiter recruits 24 people in a one-year period, they get another one-grade promotion.
To put that in perspective, the first year ($5K bonus plus E-5 to E-6 promotion), will be about 24-30% increase in pay, and the $1,500 extra per month for the next year will be a 50% bonus on top of that (and the E-7 promotion on top of that). So, a newly minted E-5 on their first enlistment could be an E-7 two years from now, doubling their pay (2nd year E-5 makes $2,730 a month, fourth year E-7 with the extension bonus would be making $5,405 a month).
Anyone want to bet against the Army dropping or severely reducing their recruitment standards?
Next up, a series of recruiting ads trying to parrot the 1980s/early 90s ads, and utterly failing, because can't understand premise or audience.
That and the audience being told to GTFO for years. Hopefully enough remember that and tell Biden et al to go pound sand first hand this time.
Uncle Sam laughs in draft boards
I used to doubt that the draft would come back. Now, I honestly think that one of two things will be done: either draft the illegals (a la the Romans) or do the whole "military or prison" bit, and being mean on the Internet will be declared a crime.
Bringing back "The Draft" is probably one of the top contenders to start a second civil war.
I honestly agree with you, but the writing's on the wall, The Powers That Be are hungry because the war machine wasn't fed properly for a couple years, and we didn't rise to the bait when BIG Z asked us to. (What do you mean, the plebs don't want a ground war with Russia?)