The coronavirus pandemic kept recruiters out of schools, fairs and other public events, limiting their in-person contact with students.Unemployment has been low, other corporate jobs pay well and offer good benefits, and according to estimates, just 23% of young people ages 17 to 24 are physically, mentally and morally qualified to serve without receiving some type of waiver. Moral behavior issues include drug use, gang ties or a criminal record.
The instructors — some former drill sergeants — are in uniform but wear casual ball caps and have toned down their normal cadence. Noting that the sergeants can often be a bit abrasive, commanders said they instead looked for those who can be mature instructors with good temperaments and communication skills.
Brig. Gen. Patrick Michaelis, the base commander, said many struggle with test-taking skills. The prep course, he said, doesn’t teach answers to the test, instead it focuses on improving their testing skills.Outside the classroom building, 2nd Lt. William Paschall, a math instructor, said he's seen progress. At the start of the week, he asked how many understood a problem on the board and few hands went up. At the end of the week, nearly all raised their hands.
No one wants to fight for this country anymore because they realized they are only being used to increase the bottom lines of corporations that encompass the military industrial complex, and earn politicians bigger and nicer homes.
Sad…..That’s what happens when you lower the bar at the top, you can’t recruit quality so you lower the bar at the bottom to recruit quantity. Thanks Joe.
Are these the same veterans that Desantis wants to have teaching our youngsters because of their 'experiences'?