OT us soldiers re-enlisting at a high rate?

xrongor · 2004-07-14T18:25:30+00:00

this was started in a thread called 'one last time' and will be finishedhere in this one.in a different thread, todd fatheree has made the claim that us soldiers arere-enlisting in the army at a 'high' rate.this was the evidence he used to prove it along with his comments:"I know exactly where this is headed, but here it is. There was a USA Todaystory from April which pegged the re-enlistment rate at 96%. Does 96% fallinto your scale for "high"? Here is the link to the story. Thestory goes on to say that the rate is lower than it had been a year before,but any way you want to slice it, 96% is a big number. If a significantnumber of troops felt they were wasting their time, I don't think they wouldbe reenlisting at that rate."yes todd you do know exactly where this is headed. for starters the titleof the article is: 'iraq duty deters re-enlistment'. this should be the tipoff right there.but lets move on. the 96% number is not a pure number. it doesnt mean 96%of the soldiers re-signed their papers, it means only 96% of their goal wasmet. as compared to 106% the year before. so when compared to theirre-enlistment goal, its falling. the article makes no mention of what theactual number of troops the 106% represented nor does it provide any numbersfor the rate during other wars/situations so no further comparasson can bemade.todd asked me in that thread if i would admit that the troops do not thinkthey are wasting their time over there if he could prove that soldiers werere-enlisting at a high rate. i dont see any proof of that. they fell shortof their goal. i dont think theres much argument here. this certainly isntproof that re-enlistment is high.todd has tried to divert attention from his statement by asking me to defendmy position that the us should pull all the troops out of iraq. the answeris still no. it is my opinion. there is a difference between todd backingup an implied figure (high) that he put out there as FACT, and me backing upmy...

Jul 14, 2004 80 Replies

Rate this thread:

Dave Hinz 22 years ago

I danced the same dance with him last week, Doug. He'll keep going until you stop. Just another line (4, actually, but who's counting) in the killfile now.

Vote

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required