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Die Suche nach »enlistment« hat 13 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 1 bis 10.

Pentagon Offers Huge Bonuses to Hold Onto Top Warriors
The Pentagon’s Special Operations Command is paying reenlistment bonuses of up to $150,000 to Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs to keep them from fleeing the military to take high-paying jobs with private... ...
In Freedom's Name
By Monica Benderman Freedom does not rely on young men and women signing their lives away for an enlistment bonus serving as nothing more than a glittery facade to keep innocents from knowing they're... ...
Army misses recruiting goal for second month
MSNBC 07/09/07 The Army failed to meet its recruiting goal in June, raising concern that the unpopular Iraq war and strong economy could wreak even more havoc on enlistments. Army officials acknowledged... ...
Soldier's Request to Spend Time With Dying Mother Denied
A Decatur soldier with five months left on his enlistment tried unsuccessfully to get an extension on his two-week leave to stay with his dying mother, who is hospitalized on life-support. Sgt. Tim Robinson... ...
On the Duty to Counter Recruitment
Camillo Mac Bica begins: "Counter recruitment is a strategy for bringing attention to deceptive recruitment practices and to the immorality and illegality of the war in Iraq. Its ultimate goal is to discourage... ...
Leaned On as Never Before, Reservists Weigh Re-enlistment
Those deciding whether to remain in the Guard and Reserve must take into account the possibility that they'd have to serve longer and more frequently on active duty than they do now. Under current mobilization... ...
Is this what some Republicans still call "conservative"?
Here's a near must-see. This is the shameful consequence of ignoring Republican Dwight Eisenhower's honorable warning against the military industrial complex. Notice the officer's self-preserving state... ...
Parties gird for recounts
Raw Story 11/02/06 Republica n and Democratic Party lawyers, consultants and strategists are girding up for possible post-election recount battles, according to an article in Roll Call. 'The fact that... ...
The Ground Truth: Iraq War Veterans Speak Out
Susan Van Haitsma reviews the film "The Ground Truth," opening in selected cities around the country: "One of the points made by the veterans interviewed in 'The Ground Truth' is that recruiters do not... ...
Army Raises Enlistment Age to 42
The Army has begun training the oldest recruits in its history, the result of a concerted effort to fill ranks depleted during the Iraq war. In June, five months after it raised the enlistment age limit... ...