Army acknowledges taking more low-scoring recruits

[4bucksagallon]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.recruit16aug16,0,7811745.story

The Army announced last week that it had met its recruiting goals in July for the 14th straight month and is running ahead of its year-to-date recruiting mission by 2,355 soldiers.

But if the Army had not accepted the Category IV recruits, it would have missed those goals.

Defense Department and Army officials declined to respond directly to the new numbers, which the Army released in response to questions.

The willingness to accept lower-scoring recruits seemed to contradict top Defense Department guidance that demands a sharp increase in soldiers' ability to master languages, adapt to different cultural sensitivities and endure high stress in situations like Iraq where wrong decisions, even by young privates, can have huge repercussions.

[teenagebambam]

1. Well, who cares if they're stupid...

...at least they're not taking GAYS.:crazy:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Cannon fodder and bodybag filler doesn't need brains.