2007-01-08 15:45:24 · 10 answers · asked by americandork2001 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Hey raynard!!!! Dee de dee! I have a masters degree in aeronautical engineering and I am one of the idiots you are talking about. Just to throw a number at ya retard. The average infantry soldier is in the top 15% in scoring on the ASVAB. So shut up until you learn your facts.
2007-01-08 19:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by bucknut58d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am glad the other guy is wrong. We do not have idiots firing the guns. The Army's IQ & education average is higher than the normal US citizen. That said - The military has grown in its presence & need in Iraq thus stretching it too thin. We make our enlistment quotas but the need has surpassed what was expected. That causes longer & more frequent deployments. It has been harder to train Iraqi military & police (they lack work ethics).
An increase will speed the training of Iraqi military & allow the deployments to be shorter & the troops to be able rest & retrain more often. Politics can not endanger our troops & posturing by our new Congress will cause unneccessary deaths. It is the call of the President to direct the war efforts & if Congress disagrees it will need to have the nerve to withdraw approval of war & force the withdrawal of all troops. Most of Congress has already voted to approve the war.
2007-01-09 00:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all branches are meeting their quotas, like the Army, the reason for that is they have had the most casualties and tend to have longer deployments. Navy on the other hand is overmanned and has cut their quotas and is now picking up the slack in Iraq, not to mention it's also been downsizing the last couple of years.
2007-01-09 03:11:07 · answer #3 · answered by danigirlusn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's getting stretched to thin because many of the soldiers there are having to remain and extend there stays. So rather than come home and get some much needed R&R, they're being forced to remain.
Once again Matt proves that he knows nothing of the truth.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-17-iraq-troop-surge_x.htm
2007-01-08 23:57:12 · answer #4 · answered by Third Uncle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It sure is, I served Active duty US Army 1981-84, Active Reserve US Army 1984-90. I got a call from a recuiter after Christmas, if I wanted to get back in. I told him I am in no Military shape, he said "No problem, we will have you ready in no time".
How did they get my phone number?
2007-01-12 23:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by art_raiders 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we're enlisting the inexperienced and losing skilled sergeants and officers.
There's more to being a sergeant than someone slapping stripes on your sleeve. They take a few years to grow.
This is a shooting war, so they may not get those years.
2007-01-08 23:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I strangely dont think thats possible the USMC alone has over 170,000+ troops and the troops in iraq are about 300,000 i think the USA has alot more to spare
2007-01-09 02:37:28 · answer #7 · answered by FastFood 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
by using a lot of reserves
2007-01-08 23:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by dulcrayon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are talking about support people. You can get any idiot to shoot a gun , but how both fixing computers or tanks or computer guided missile systems.
2007-01-09 00:03:16 · answer #9 · answered by raynard20010 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Liberal "logic."
2007-01-08 23:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋