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Thursday, September 8, 2011

re: "CHANGE: It's getting much more difficult to join, or stay in, the U.S. Army."

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit ("the intersection between advanced technologies and individual liberty") notes an unsurprising development.


The U.S. military is an "up or out" hierarchy. Has been for decades. The "Qualitative Retention Program" (i.e., how we decide who gets kicked out) has been on the books forever. It's how often that it actually gets exercised that varies.