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How is it a career dead-end? In the Marine Corps, becoming a recruiter or drill instructor are good ways to gain rank more quickly because they boost your cutti
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
How is it a career dead-end? In the Marine Corps, becoming a recruiter or drill instructor are good ways to gain rank more quickly because they boost your cutting score. I had friends who did recruiting and they loved it- it's comparatively easy work with a high level of autonomy
- toomuchtodo 3y agoRecruiting in the current environment is likely to lead to less success due to potential recruit fitness readiness, the reduced competitiveness of military opportunities vs the private sector (rising wages, structural demographics), and the zeitgeist around going to the sandbox to die for someone else's pet political project. https://www.cfr.org/blog/presidents-inbox-recap-us-military-recruiting-crisis https://www.cfr.org/blog/presidents-inbox-recap-us-military-... https://www.rand.org/topics/military-recruitment.html https://www.rand.org/topics/military-recruitment.html https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/13/big-bonuses-relaxed-policies-new-slogan-none-of-it-saved-military-recruiting-crisis-2023.html https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/13/big-bonuses-r... https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/09/30/military-recruiting-desantis-woke-abortion-health-waiver-jobs-politifact/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/09/30/mi... https://warontherocks.com/2023/03/addressing-the-u-s-military-recruiting-crisis/ https://warontherocks.com/2023/03/addressing-the-u-s-militar... https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/the-military-recruiting-crisis-getting-worse https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/the-military-rec... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-recruiting-and-confidence-in-americas-armed-forces-is-so-low-right-now https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-recruiting-and-confide...