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| captpackrat 01/10/20 5:22:43 PM #20: | https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/09/17/student-loan-crisis-not-mideast-wars-helped-army-leaders-exceed-recruiting-goals-this-year/ Student loan crisis, not Mideast wars, helped Army leaders exceed recruiting goals this year Army leadership gathered Tuesday to announce that they surpassed their recruiting goal for 2019, signing up more than 68,000 active duty soldiers before the end of the fiscal year, but the long wars in the Middle East werent exactly part of the sales pitch. Based on his experience visiting 30 to 40 recruiting stations this year, the eventual outcomes of wars abroad are not really part of the discussion between potential soldiers and their recruiters, Maj. Gen. Frank Muth, head of Army Recruiting Command, told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday. One of the national crises right now is student loans, so $31,000 is [about] the average, Muth said. You can get out [of the Army] after four years, 100 percent paid for state college anywhere in the United States." A significant part of the recruiting push has been showing that the Army serves as a pathway to Americas middle class, with several service leaders noting that their children used GI Bill benefits and ROTC scholarships. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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