Over the weekend, I read through a US Army story.....where they did the analysis, and agree....over 2024....they have an issue where 20-percent of recruits signed up and in the Army....end-up leaving/exiting by the 2-year point (way ahead of the contract).
Reason? They avoided discussing this part of the story....it's purely a numbers issue and story.
If I were to speculate? Since 2020....the Army had to lighten the standards....to get people to sign up. So they changed the dynamics.
You could have past drug issues....saying you were cleaned up. You could have a lesser IQ, and they'd accept that. You could have fitness issues or serious weight issues....they'd waiver that.
I read a 'rant' about a year ago....from some Army NCO....where he'd had to paperwork two individuals for release. One had behavioral issues....not able to work as a team-member (questioning authority).....the other had IQ-type issues (reading and comprehension was below what the Army could handle). The 'rant' touched on the man-hours involved, and that the Army had wasted hundreds of man-hours to get them through boot-camp and some type of occupational training.
A trend that could harm the Army in the end? Well....you would think they'd learn from the trend, and go back to recruitment....adding a test or two....to avoid problems.
But this brings me to the non-Army world....where you run a grocery, or handle HR for Wal-Mart, or hire young folks for a tire-shop. Are you likely getting 20-percent of potential failures as well?
And if the national trend is to produce 20-percent 'losers'....what does it say about the future of the US, and it's work-force?
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