[geeks] Special skills draft?

velociraptor velociraptor at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 10:38:08 CDT 2004


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:01:27 -0400, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 09:53:47AM -0500, Mike Parson wrote:
> 
> > Right now, we've got an all volunteer military, and the volunteers are
> > coming in at such a rate that the draft is currently not needed.
> 
> A man interviewed on the radio the other commented that they are coming
> in at such a rate that they are having to turn people away.

For all the services except the Army.  The Army had to
intake deferred entry enlistees early this year to make it's
quota.  (Hence the enlistment bonus increases.)

=Nadine=



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