U.S. / Tags / Recruiting

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973, a top general said Wednesday. Gen. William S. Wallace, whose duties as commander of Army Training and D.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 1:29pm neoform

Washington Post -- The Army has asked Loudoun County public schools to distribute a survey to help identify students interested in the military, a proposal some parents contend would give the armed service an unfair recruiting edge over colleges and other career paths. T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 27, 2006 @ 12:18am neoform

International Herald Tribune -- The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks, including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and put more immigrants on a faster track to U.S. citizenshi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 6, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- An explosive device caused minor damage to an empty military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday, shaking guests in hotel rooms high above. Police blocked off the area to investigate the explosion, which occurred at about 3:45 a.m., shatt.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- In a city where opposition to the Iraq war is routine, a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station has been operating quietly in downtown Berkeley for nine months without even a peep from peace activists. The recruiting station, in a storefront at Shattuck.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 28, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- The U.S. Army is turning to the National Guard for help recruiting would-be soldiers in hometowns across America. Army leaders, struggling to meet recruitment goals in the midst of a long and unpopular war in Iraq, are quietly working out final details.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

FOX News -- A 19-year-old woman faces federal charges of recruiting minors for prostitution, after some teenage girls told investigators she was actively recruiting clients for a sex ring she allegedly operated out of a Burnsville motel where she worked. Investiga.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 4:47pm neoform

Washington Post -- The U.S. Army fell short of its active-duty recruiting goal for June by about 15 percent, defense officials said yesterday. It is the second consecutive month the service's enlistment effort has faltered amid the American public's growing discontent over.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed May 16, 2007 @ 9:40am neoform

Alter Net -- With a local news outlet in California recruiting reporters in India, no one can pretend any longer that we have a global monopoly on intellect and innovation. The world may be flat, as New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has written, but I always.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 27, 2006 @ 9:59am mrmdc

Boston Globe -- The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks -- including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and putting more immigrants on a faster track to US citize.. Read More