Flashermac Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 The Air Farce has always had plenty of volunteers, since they live high on the hog. The Navy does okay too. The Marine Corps gets by on its macho image - the gung ho teens all want to be Marines. The Army gets most of the heavy grunt assignments and is also many times larger than the USMC. Thus the Army is often hurting for recruits. In the 1990s, only high school grads could enlist in the Army. That is gone again. Also, commissioned officers had to be university grads. Bet that has chnaged too. (Used to take a Masters degree to get promoted above captain.) Strange that in war time the standards are higher than in peace time. Logically, it should be the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I am fairly certain you still need a 4 year degree to make officer. I think the "before age 30" requirement may have been changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 The shake-and-bake officers in the VN War only had to be high school grads and have their 19th birthday the day before they were commissioned. After the war, most were given the heave ho. The education thing wasn't all that important, but having kids who couldn't even buy a drink in the US giving you orders wasn't a lot of fun. Thank God for the career NCOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Last I read, the army was hurting for people and lowered the standards, as did most of the services. This was before the recession, when the media reported about the problems of the army. Since then they don't have any problems to sign up new club members. :content: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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