The New Spin Used By Army Recruiters!

by Modest Mouse

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Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 at 9:26:11am PST

From USA TODAY:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=3&u=/usatoday/2004012 1/ts_usatoday/armysnewbattlesigningupsoldiers

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Anderson, the Times Plaza commander, says it is harder to get young people to see the opportunities the Army can provide when they are barraged with daily death tolls from Iraq.

But the battalion commander, Lt. Col. John Gillette, says, "Concern about being a casualty, that happens just as much when we're not at war as when we are."He says recruiters note that a person could be killed by a criminal or a drunken driver. Plus, it takes at least six months before an enlistee could be in a unit and possibly sent overseas.