Comments on: Recruiting During Wartime http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/recruiting_during_wartime/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:16:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Boyd http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/recruiting_during_wartime/comment-page-1/#comment-18526 Boyd Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6434#comment-18526 I don't think Congress has increased the end-strength numbers, have they? If not, then the recruiters and recruiting commands are most likely still operating under the rules that were in effect pre-war, and Cat-IV candidates are still persona non grata. I don't think Congress has increased the end-strength numbers, have they? If not, then the recruiters and recruiting commands are most likely still operating under the rules that were in effect pre-war, and Cat-IV candidates are still persona non grata.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/recruiting_during_wartime/comment-page-1/#comment-18527 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6434#comment-18527 I'm pretty sure this is at DoD or even Service discretion. It seems like they adjusted the standards almost monthly during the 1980s and 1990s. I'm pretty sure this is at DoD or even Service discretion. It seems like they adjusted the standards almost monthly during the 1980s and 1990s.

]]> By: Donald Sensing http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/recruiting_during_wartime/comment-page-1/#comment-18528 Donald Sensing Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6434#comment-18528 No, CAT IV's are not being taken and I would support a draft before taking them. CAT IV prospects are literally too stupid to be a modern soldier. I know, I commanded some in the late 70s and early 80s, when a systemic error with ASVAB scoring miscored a large number of CAT IV's as CAT III's or IIIB's, the lowest set allowed to enlist. The Army spent about three years of QMP getting rid of those guys, all gone by '84 or so. I absolutely promise you that CAT IV's are rejected in toto today. No, CAT IV's are not being taken and I would support a draft before taking them. CAT IV prospects are literally too stupid to be a modern soldier. I know, I commanded some in the late 70s and early 80s, when a systemic error with ASVAB scoring miscored a large number of CAT IV's as CAT III's or IIIB's, the lowest set allowed to enlist.

The Army spent about three years of QMP getting rid of those guys, all gone by '84 or so.

I absolutely promise you that CAT IV's are rejected in toto today.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/recruiting_during_wartime/comment-page-1/#comment-18529 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6434#comment-18529 From what I gather, we're <a href="http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/genjoin/a/asvabminimum.htm">taking a small number of them now</a>. I vaguely recall that they were taking them, along with non-high school grads, in the mid-1990s when they were desperate for enlistees. My memory could be fuzzy, though. I can't find much online through conventional free sources. --- From what I gather, we're taking a small number of them now. I vaguely recall that they were taking them, along with non-high school grads, in the mid-1990s when they were desperate for enlistees. My memory could be fuzzy, though. I can't find much online through conventional free sources.

---

]]>