Comments on: The Sunday Paper (Retention Edition)

By: kamas

kamas — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:24:52 +0000

Speak our story now, perhaps our story was very common, I met her in the last year, at that time we only said a few words, at that time she was buy the kamas now, we changed our telephone each other.

By: cheap Shaiya gold

cheap Shaiya gold — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:30:33 +0000

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By: Hellgate gold

Hellgate gold — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:33:09 +0000

Finally I also said that the most important thing is to find themselves on the state mind, playing their own, the same as me that if happy I will spend Hellgate gold to buy many things. I hope everyone can play happy in the game.

By: ankara nakliyat

ankara nakliyat — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:32:18 +0000

nice too meet you

By: N Anon...

N Anon... — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:06:48 +0000

That’s just wrong. If that were true for the majority of enlistees there wouldn’t be enticements. If you pay for a volunteer army, you have pay for it; if not, you have to draft them.

By: Nanonymous

Nanonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:42:58 +0000

Point missed.
You don’t join the military because it can do something for you. You join it because it’s the right thing to do. The service doesn’t need people who are looking out for their own interest. It needs people who are interested in the well-bring and safety of others. It isn’t a resume bullet. It’s a duty.

By: Hey: Nanonymous

Hey: Nanonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:03:26 +0000

Inadvertent? Finish reading before insulting:
“to attract elites, dangle a carrot that they might actually want” =/= inadvertent

By: Nanonymous

Nanonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:12:03 +0000

“I think the way to fight back would be to demonstrate how the armed services could help further a [prestigious, high-paid, obnoxious] Ivy track career. (Think media, consulting, investment banking, law school, grad school)“
And here he inadvertently puts his finger right on the heart of the problem: the way to attract expensively educated narcissists is tell them what’s in it for them!
News flash: the Army doesn’t really care that it’s not getting you, because it regards you as decadently selfish. A post like this only furthers that conviction.

By: TB

TB — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:46:58 +0000

To add on to mine and Asterik’s comments, last fall we (army captains) were offered $20-$30k to sign on another 3 years. The only captains I know who got the CSRB were those who already planned on being lifers. Many captains can get a civilian job at least commensurate with their army pay if not more (which is why we’re hard to retain). A $30k — 3 year bonus to someone who makes $60k a year is insulting — especially since new recruits can get up to $40k (twice their annual pay) just for walking in the door.

By: Jim R.

Jim R. — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:29:21 +0000

It bothers me to say because I’m a veteran… but this country’s support of the war on terror (and especially the guys fighting it) reminds me of going to the dentist. Only at the point of pain do most folks care about the dentist. The rest of the time… they could care less.
Most of the support for the troops is coming from folks who are serving, those who have served… or relatives/friends of the afore-mentioned. You ask an Ivy Leaguer or a Joe Six Pack who knows no one serving in the war on terror… about the war… you’re likely to elicit a yawn. How many Americans have sent care packages to the troops in Iraq/Afghanistan? How many have visited veterans at a VA hospital? The United States of America, the greatest country in the history of mankind… and we still have veteran’s groups begging for money. A god damn disgrace.