05-10-2017, 04:19 PM
(05-10-2017, 04:02 PM)Au165 Wrote: No I mean in relation to your view in regards to it being a recruitment tool. You said it is like an employee benefit used to recruit with. Does that benefit and the change to it have any impact in the recruitment process.
During the height of our involvement in Iraq the Army couldn't fill the recruitment goals to maintain unit manning levels. To offset this recruitment shortfall the Army lowered certain enlistment standards to increase enlistment numbers. They lowered standards on education, criminal backgrounds, and pre-existing medical conditions include mental health disorders.
I would encourage you to do some reasearch on the effect that had not only to the military, but to the civilian population. Imagine what Iraq or Afghanistan would do to a pre-existing mental health condition. You can start with the murder sprees around Ft. Carson.
