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re: America's youth cannot even qualify for the military
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:17 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:17 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:
The United States Military is fighting off those heathen Muslims for you buddy. The Church is safe for now.
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Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:20 pm to catholictigerfan
I've been saying for years that there will come a time when recruitment will be extremely tough due to people being:
a) too fat
b) too stupid
c) too doped up
d) two or more of the above
Pretty much the same for anyone trying to hire these days.
Can't even get most of the fools to pass a drug test.
a) too fat
b) too stupid
c) too doped up
d) two or more of the above
Pretty much the same for anyone trying to hire these days.
Can't even get most of the fools to pass a drug test.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:20 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
The Air Force took Jbird. They must have low standards.
BoomMFroasted.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:27 pm to navy
quote:
I've been saying for years that there will come a time when recruitment will be extremely tough due to people being:
a) too fat
b) too stupid
c) too doped up
d) two or more of the above
We just need to do enough to give drone R&D a little more time.
quote:
Pretty much the same for anyone trying to hire these days.
Yep.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:30 pm to navy
quote:
Pretty much the same for anyone trying to hire these days.
Can't even get most of the fools to pass a drug test.
we can't even get qualified people to apply. these are 100k+ jobs. we are stuck hiring unqualified people and trying to train them. It works out for some areas ok, but not others.
we don't drug test fwiw.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:35 pm to Zahrim
This is kind of loaded, to be honest. A lot more has been learned over the years for mental health. I can almost promise you they were handing guns to people that were not mentally capable to deal with the action.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 5:37 pm to TerryDawg03
quote:
Are historical records available?
not according to the article...
Posted on 6/30/14 at 6:14 pm to Zahrim
is this surprising?
Posted on 6/30/14 at 6:15 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:are you in some kind of engineering/science?
we can't even get qualified people to apply. these are 100k+ jobs. we are stuck hiring unqualified people and trying to train them. It works out for some areas ok, but not others.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 6:34 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
I look at all the Indians here in Irving, think "Are they here because companies are cheap?" Then I remember the sort of kids I work with and I think "They are probably doing things that most grads here can't."
Posted on 6/30/14 at 6:37 pm to Zahrim
Damn. I got in with a GED(no college credits), and a failed urinalysis. Waivers.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 6:44 pm to Zahrim
quote:
they are too fat or too dumb... wow...
First, the military is full. It is all volunteers, and because of the Obama economy, it is enjoying near-record fill-levels.
Second, if the military really needed recruits, they'd take those tattoos and piercings in a heartbeat.
quote:
military deems many youngsters ineligible due to obesity, lack of a high-school diploma, felony convictions and prescription-drug use for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. But others are now also running afoul of standards for appearance amid the growing popularity of large-scale tattoos and devices called ear gauges that create large holes in earlobes.
This post was edited on 6/30/14 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 6/30/14 at 6:52 pm to Zahrim
Are they trying to make the argument that every John doe fatass, retard should be allowed to join the military? Thus isn't a fricking club or joke.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:04 pm to Navytiger74
quote:
Hey, I am just speaking the truth. He doesn't scare me.
(he doesn't post here anymore, does he?)
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:07 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:09 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
RIP Marine. One more guarding Heaven's gates.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:38 pm to Wolfhound45
What's wrong with ear gauges? I mean I know some people who make their ear piercings pretty wide but why would that be a problem?
I can see no tattoos on neck, face, or fingers since they can't be covered up.
I can see no tattoos on neck, face, or fingers since they can't be covered up.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:44 pm to Zahrim
It is amazing how dumb some of our soldiers are, but there's nothing to be done about it I guess. It does remind me of when I nearly enlisted though
A couple years ago I toyed with the idea of military service so I went down to a recruiter. He had 2 other guys looking to sign as well, so he loaded us into the car and took us to the testing center. On the way I got to know both of these guys pretty well and they seemed nice enough. One wanted to be scout infantry and needed a score of ~90 CO and a 30 percentile, and the other wanted to be a diesel mechanic and needed a MM of 100 and a 50 percentile. We got there and after playing pool for about an hour went to testing.
The test was easy for the most part, but at the time I had no experience in fixing vehicles and barely knew the parts of engine so I assumed that I had done poorly in that area and maybe the spatial portion as well because it seemed to easy. We finished and they took us to a small room to wait for our results.
When the recruiter came he had our 3 envelopes and said the name of the scout and asked him how he felt about his chances. He replied that he felt the test was too easy. The recruiter opened the envelope and said that his CO score was high enough to qualify but that he didn't make the percentile score needed so he would have to take it again. He moved on to the second guy and asked the same question, but he fired back that he knew he did at least good enough. Sure enough when he opened that score he had just barely squeaked by on both.
It was not until I had my results read that I realized how unintelligent these guys were. I didn't even consider the possibility that anyone could do badly on such an easy exam.
To finish the story it was then my turn to have the results read, which I knew would be better than both of theirs. I was not prepared to hear that I scored in the 98th percentile and could have any job I wanted, I didn't know which job I wanted at the time and was going to use the test to figure that out. They called me for the better part of 2 years afterwards on a regular basis.
A couple years ago I toyed with the idea of military service so I went down to a recruiter. He had 2 other guys looking to sign as well, so he loaded us into the car and took us to the testing center. On the way I got to know both of these guys pretty well and they seemed nice enough. One wanted to be scout infantry and needed a score of ~90 CO and a 30 percentile, and the other wanted to be a diesel mechanic and needed a MM of 100 and a 50 percentile. We got there and after playing pool for about an hour went to testing.
The test was easy for the most part, but at the time I had no experience in fixing vehicles and barely knew the parts of engine so I assumed that I had done poorly in that area and maybe the spatial portion as well because it seemed to easy. We finished and they took us to a small room to wait for our results.
When the recruiter came he had our 3 envelopes and said the name of the scout and asked him how he felt about his chances. He replied that he felt the test was too easy. The recruiter opened the envelope and said that his CO score was high enough to qualify but that he didn't make the percentile score needed so he would have to take it again. He moved on to the second guy and asked the same question, but he fired back that he knew he did at least good enough. Sure enough when he opened that score he had just barely squeaked by on both.
It was not until I had my results read that I realized how unintelligent these guys were. I didn't even consider the possibility that anyone could do badly on such an easy exam.
To finish the story it was then my turn to have the results read, which I knew would be better than both of theirs. I was not prepared to hear that I scored in the 98th percentile and could have any job I wanted, I didn't know which job I wanted at the time and was going to use the test to figure that out. They called me for the better part of 2 years afterwards on a regular basis.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:08 pm to Zahrim
Why is ADD singled out and not, say, depression, anxiety, or other mild, manageable psych disorders?
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:16 pm to Iosh
It's what I call the "vidiot" generation.
Just before I completed my time in the Army, it was flat stunning how overall pathetic this group was both mentally and physically. We're talking about people where a highly abnormal proportion seems to have NEVER used their muscles for much more than getting from the fridge to the sofa. It's not just that they were heavy or out of shape. It's that they really seemed to have almost old people's bodies. Their bodies were just COMPLETELY not used to being used for any form of labor.
This shite keeps up, we're going to need drone infantryman!!!
Just before I completed my time in the Army, it was flat stunning how overall pathetic this group was both mentally and physically. We're talking about people where a highly abnormal proportion seems to have NEVER used their muscles for much more than getting from the fridge to the sofa. It's not just that they were heavy or out of shape. It's that they really seemed to have almost old people's bodies. Their bodies were just COMPLETELY not used to being used for any form of labor.
This shite keeps up, we're going to need drone infantryman!!!
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