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Lowering the recruitment bar was tried during the Vietnam War - it didn't end well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100%2C000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by thedailymail 3y ago
Lowering the recruitment bar was tried during the Vietnam War - it didn't end well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100%2C000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100%2C000
- throwup238 3y agoIs this was caused the epidemic of fragging [1] too? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging
- warner25 3y agoYou don't have to go back that far. The Army, at least, lowered the bar in all kinds of ways circa 2006-2010. It went badly enough that senior Army leaders, in the midst of the current recruiting crisis, have been adamant that they won't do it again. The result is that the Army is rapidly shrinking below the end-strength that the Army and Congress thinks is necessary. It remains to be seen how this will end.
- Ferret7446 3y agoInteresting, that parallels what I've heard about Affirmative Action in college admissions too; the student who get in from the lowered bar struggle and fail.