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    89th
    wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 12:40 last edited by
    #8

    BTW the only data I could find is they averaged 350 recruits per day in December, and that their 2025 goal is 81,000 (222 per day). Can't find the actual data for the last 12 months though.

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      12 Feb 2025, 12:09

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 12:51 last edited by
      #9

      Just wait until the Canadian and Greenland invasions start. Most of these lads probably haven't even seen snow before.

      I was only joking

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      • 8 89th
        12 Feb 2025, 12:34

        Data? Ok, Biden was President in December, and was President for most of January. Good job Biden!

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        Jolly
        wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 12:53 last edited by
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        @89th said in Hegseth doing PT:

        Data? Ok, Biden was President in December, and was President for most of January. Good job Biden!

        Biden didn't even know he was on the planet in December, let alone President.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • D Doctor Phibes
          12 Feb 2025, 12:51

          Just wait until the Canadian and Greenland invasions start. Most of these lads probably haven't even seen snow before.

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          Jolly
          wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 12:54 last edited by
          #11

          @Doctor-Phibes said in Hegseth doing PT:

          Just wait until the Canadian and Greenland invasions start. Most of these lads probably haven't even seen snow before.

          Nah, we'll do it only July 4th. Should take about a week.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • J Jolly
            12 Feb 2025, 12:54

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Hegseth doing PT:

            Just wait until the Canadian and Greenland invasions start. Most of these lads probably haven't even seen snow before.

            Nah, we'll do it only July 4th. Should take about a week.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 13:00 last edited by
            #12

            @Jolly said in Hegseth doing PT:

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Hegseth doing PT:

            Just wait until the Canadian and Greenland invasions start. Most of these lads probably haven't even seen snow before.

            Nah, we'll do it only July 4th. Should take about a week.

            089335fe-007a-4c7e-a70b-11a2848b95cb-image.png

            I was only joking

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            • 8 89th
              12 Feb 2025, 12:34

              Data? Ok, Biden was President in December, and was President for most of January. Good job Biden!

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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 18:28 last edited by
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              @89th said in Hegseth doing PT:

              Data? Ok, Biden was President in December, and was President for most of January. Good job Biden!

              For total fiscal year 2024, they were above their target.

              50% of recruits come from the following states:
              Texas (13.3%)
              California (10.5%)
              Florida (9.7%)
              Georgia (5.1%)
              North Carolina (4.6%)
              New York (4.3%)
              Virginia (2.9%)
              Ohio (2.8%)
              Illinois (2.6%)
              Pennsylvania (2.4%)

              https://recruiting.army.mil/pao/facts_figures/

              Recruits have been dropping for a long time. Every year under President Clinton was higher than any year under President Trump, Same for George Bush, and same for the first four years of President Obama.

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              • T taiwan_girl
                12 Feb 2025, 18:28

                @89th said in Hegseth doing PT:

                Data? Ok, Biden was President in December, and was President for most of January. Good job Biden!

                For total fiscal year 2024, they were above their target.

                50% of recruits come from the following states:
                Texas (13.3%)
                California (10.5%)
                Florida (9.7%)
                Georgia (5.1%)
                North Carolina (4.6%)
                New York (4.3%)
                Virginia (2.9%)
                Ohio (2.8%)
                Illinois (2.6%)
                Pennsylvania (2.4%)

                https://recruiting.army.mil/pao/facts_figures/

                Recruits have been dropping for a long time. Every year under President Clinton was higher than any year under President Trump, Same for George Bush, and same for the first four years of President Obama.

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                Copper
                wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 19:27 last edited by Copper 2 Dec 2025, 19:36
                #14

                @taiwan_girl said in Hegseth doing PT:

                For total fiscal year 2024, they were above their target.

                There are needs.

                Then there are goals.

                Recruitment goals are based more on expectation than need.

                Just because the recruitment goal is met, doesn't mean that the recruitment need is met.

                If you can't meet the goal, lower the goal. (It's like the E in DEI).

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 19:31 last edited by
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                  It's publicly known that they lowered their goals to meet their results.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 19:37 last edited by jon-nyc 2 Dec 2025, 19:37
                    #16

                    We worked with some MDs at the pentagon on a concept of testing new active duty soldiers for my (and other) respiratory conditions in order to prevent assignments with high exposure to lung damaging substances, fires, etc

                    They thought it was a great idea and agreed it would save lives and save the VA money. But they said it’s hard to get any new thing approved at that branch of the DoD that doesn’t explicitly have a goal of increasing recruiting.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 20:03 last edited by
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                      I don't suppose that Iraq and Afghanistan really served as a fantastic advertisement to people thinking about joining up.

                      I was only joking

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 20:28 last edited by
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                        Speaking of recruiting, did everybody see the Secret Service recruiting ad during the Super Bowl?
                        https://www.kbtx.com/video/2025/02/09/secret-service-recruiting-ad-directed-by-michael-bay-air-during-super-bowl/

                        I thought it was weird that they highlighted Lincoln, Kennedy, Reagan, and Trump. I mean, Lincoln’s assasination predated the Service, but each of them was actually shot due to a failure of their respective protective details… that’s kind of like showing the Afghanistan withdrawal in a military recruitment campaign…

                        The Brad

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 21:17 last edited by
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                          Maybe touting opportunities to be present when history is made?

                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            89th
                            wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 02:54 last edited by
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                            I missed seeing that ad. There are some jobs, IMO, that almost require you to be a bachelor (i.e., not have a wife/kids/responsibilities) such as the secret service.

                            My buddy is on the protective detail for SCOTUS (e.g., drives the justices to dinner, sits next to them at football games, etc) and I know directly the strain it puts on his marriage (no kids) since his schedule changes constantly and he's often not home for 2 or 3 weeks per month.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 03:09 last edited by
                              #21

                              Seems like a young man’s job anyway.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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