Military recruitment, continued
I previously posted about the military meeting all of its recruitment goals for the first time in the all-volunteer military era. From a military justice perspective, this report is good news, since the recruting success allows the military to eliminate waivers for previous misconduct that may be associated with higher disciplinary rates once the recruits are in the military. As we previously noted, a study of Marines entering the service on criminal conviction waivers from 2003 to 2005 revealed that they “were ‘quite a bit more likely’ than other recruits to be separated from the service for misconduct within two years, and ‘recruits with felony waivers have the highest chance of a misconduct separation[.]‘”
But regarding the Army’s recruiting success, here’s a piece from Slate indicating that the Army actually signed 10,000 fewer recruits in FY 09 than in FY 08 and exceeded its recruiting quota in FYO 09 only because it had been lowered by 15,000 from the previous year (65,000 versus 80,000).
Or… the Army is mobilizing more Reservists and Guard members to make up for the difference!
Damn statistics!!