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Originally Posted by theking
When I was in the military...every enlistee had a highschool diploma (GED's) were not allowed...every Senior NCO had to have an associate degree or the equivalent of an associate degree and many had full degrees. Every officer had to have a full degree and many had master's and PHD's. No one was allowed in that had any kind of a misdeameanor conviction let alone a felony conviction.
Because the politicians micro manage the military...and prolongs conflicts the military begins losing their cream and to fill the loss they have to reduce standards to get warm bodies in to fill the ranks. This happens in every prolonged conflict.
As a result of two...unecessarily prolonged conflicts the military...not only now accepts people with certain criminal convictions...and medical conditions...as well as people that do not even have a GED...and the age limit for enlistees has risen from 26 years of age to 42 and maybe even 46 years of age...and Senior NCO's are not required to have associate degrees or the equilency. Officers are still required to have a full degree...to the best of my knowledge.
So no it is not what the military prefers...it is what they have to do because of micro management by civilians.
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we are not talking about when you were in the military. i live in the now.
ok so whether or not is has to do with politicians or civilians is not the point.
the point is currently the military is indeed incompetent. whether from their own actions or not does not change the fact that it indeed is. and the politicians want it this way.
again i will state they want poor undereducated people who are easily controlled. thus why they do the majority of recruiting in poor rural areas. this is indeed fact. now i put my own slight spin on it. but you did indeed agree with it as its current state NOW (education level needed to enlist) and the fact of where the recruiting is done.
they do indeed prefer it. because the military only prefers what the government prefers. they do not nor should not have a say. to make their own decisions is not their job. they serve the "will" of the politicians who were in turn elected to serve the "will" of the people. what they "prefer" does not exist. what they prefer is only what the politicians direct them to prefer as they see fit.