Monday, January 19, 2009

Recruit

From the New York Times today:

Sean D. O’Neil, a 22-year-old who stood shivering outside an Army recruitment office in St. Louis, said he was forgoing plans to become a guitar maker for now, realizing that instruments are seen as a luxury during a recession. Mr. O’Neil, a Texas native, ventured to St. Louis for an apprenticeship but found himself $30,000 in debt. Joining the Army, his Plan B, was a purely financial decision.

Military forces are meeting or exceeding their recruitment goals for the first time since 2004.*

* 2004 was a very bloody year in Iraq.

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