Military re-enlistments increase as jobs become scarce

[sabra]

Source: St. Petersburg Times

TAMPA — Joshua Lovett had just talked to Publix about ending his long unemployment drought. The former Marine loaded back into the beat-up Suburban a cousin gave him and headed home.

As he drove his eyes caught the words, U.S. Army Recruiting Center, on a strip mall. He pulled over.

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More and more young military veterans are realizing the same thing. Unable to find civilian jobs during the recession, they are returning to recruiting stations knowing where there's war there's work. Caught between unemployment or deployment, veterans are weighing both possibilities and choosing the latter.

"We do benefit when things look less positive in civil society," David S.C. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness said at a news conference last fall. Last year, the Pentagon reported its strongest recruiting year in four years despite America being embroiled in two conflicts overseas.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/war/article964230.ece

[Bucky]

1. Patriotic fervor stirred up by Obama victory leads to surge in enlistments

perspective

[stillcool]

3. So no home, no job, no perpsectives..

has nothing to do with it?

[L0oniX]

6. Huh?

[ReadTomPaine]

2. It's a lot easier to enlist with someone like Obama as CiC. n/t

[aquart]

4. Another BushCo success?

[machI]

9. Bush and the Neocons hijacked the Military

They turned the branch of Government that is supposed to protect the United States from foreign enemies, and turned it into a mercenary army to achieve their political goals.

A side benefit was the Defense contractors are riding the gravy train while soldiers die to line the pockets of the big oil companies.

Bush legacy

[dbackjon]

5. The perfect storm for PermaWar

Wreck the economy so the old jobs availabe are killing others.

[L0oniX]

7. Yep ..you can always get a job killing for a living.

[ShortnFiery]

8. I would take this with a grain of salt. Strongest in four years doesn't truly mean squat.

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