Army Drops Requirement for High School Diploma Amid Recruiting Crisis

[NatiboyB]

the automated med history process they use now will very likely pull this info and you'll have a uphill battle with anti-depressant usage this recent.

This. People are talking about the army lowering the education requirement but a major thing driving that is the new system in place. A lot of people will be DQd. So you still need to fill.

Dropping the academic completion requirements but identifying the general aptitude of most graduates you can hopefully fill seats. Besides people still have to be qualified for mos.

It’s likely to be an increase in Quartermasters and ordinance. Not sure why people assume that the combat arm soldiers are less educated coming in.

 

[WaveWhisperer]

 

[42 Monks]

I wouldn't trip over this too hard. A big portion of recruiting comes from face to face, school visits, etc - and with many schools just now getting back to a level of normalcy its honestly to be expected when you combine that with the drawdown/requirement adjustments.

6 months and it'll be business as usual. Especially with the economy taking a hit. Standards are gonna shoot right back up soon

 

[downtheline]

Clearly talking out your ass, like them lower E Army dudes were Rhodes Scholars before this.

I've met more potential D1/NFL/NBA prospects and Scarface level drug dealerrs in the military than anywhere else. Crazy they would give all that up to join the military

 

[Stuntone]

military brehs what’s y’all take on this?

Air Force or Navy. Navy by far has the best schooling and training. We look at other branches like they're slow and or lazy.

 

[NatiboyB]

Air Force or Navy. Navy by far has the best schooling and training. We look at other branches like they're slow and or lazy.

I will strong disagree. Every branch looks at the other side it’s some misconception.

 

[Son Goku]

I wouldn't trip over this too hard. A big portion of recruiting comes from face to face, school visits, etc - and with many schools just now getting back to a level of normalcy its honestly to be expected when you combine that with the drawdown/requirement adjustments.

6 months and it'll be business as usual. Especially with the economy taking a hit. Standards are gonna shoot right back up soon

Most of these young folks are way too or soft to make it through basic training anyways.

 

[Son Goku]

Air Force or Navy. Navy by far has the best schooling and training. We look at other branches like they're slow and or lazy.

And the AF looks at the Navy as a buncha dudes that wanna go out to sea with each other.

 

[NatiboyB]

Most of these young folks are way too or soft to make it through basic training anyways.

Honestly you are right. The amount of initial entry medical discharges in very concerning. Especially if your job is to train them.

 

[Dave24]

Why are you dead set on joining the military so late in life? Im legit curious. Havnt seen this story before

Don't have nothing going for me really.

 

[Son Goku]

Don't have nothing going for me really.

Yeah, that's prolly not gonna cut it as a stronk enough reason "why?".
It'd be one thing if you were younger or less , but BMT and certain tech schools will eat you the fukk up.



All them flying jobs you wanted? Prolly a no-go physically, you got guys in their 30's already permanently broken from them AFSCs. You think you can hack a maintenance or CE job in either 90+ or -40 degree weather? Air traffic control at a busy airport with a full stack of planes? Hell, even a personnel job when you got angry customers might have you hit the on the job.

 

[Dave24]

Yeah, that's prolly not gonna cut it as a stronk enough reason "why?".
It'd be one thing if you were younger or less , but BMT and certain tech schools will eat you the fukk up.



All them flying jobs you wanted? Prolly a no-go physically, you got guys in their 30's already permanently broken from them AFSCs. You think you can hack a maintenance or CE job in either 90+ or -40 degree weather? Air traffic control at a busy airport with a full stack of planes? Hell, even a personnel job when you got angry customers might have you hit the on the job.

@semicko82 didn't have nothing going for him before he joined the air force and he seems ok and doing well. He was in the same spot as me pretty much before joining and around the same age as well.

 

[Son Goku]

@semicko82 didn't have nothing going for him before he joined the air force and he seems ok and doing well. He was in the same spot as me pretty much before joining and around the same age as well.

Did @semicko82 need to:

• Cut weight just to have the recruiter talk to him?
• Need to potentially lie just to pass his physical?
• Say that he gets really bad anxiety/not do well under stress?
• Get in shape just to be able to graduate basic?
• Wait until the fifth worst-ever epidemic in the history of man fukked retention numbers?

Let's not assume y'all are in the same boat just because he was an older recruit.

Don't enlist. This is coming from someone who enlisted at a older age.
Get you a trade or certifications.

So we're picking and choosing what we're going with in this thread?


Gotcha.

 

[Dave24]

Did @semicko82 need to:

• Cut weight just to have the recruiter talk to him?
• Need to potentially lie just to pass his physical?
• Say that he gets really bad anxiety/not do well under stress?
• Get in shape just to be able to graduate basic?
• Wait until the fifth worst-ever epidemic in the history of man fukked retention numbers?

Let's not assume y'all are in the same boat just because he was an older recruit.



So we're picking and choosing what we're going with in this thread?


Gotcha.

Never mind you're right when you break it down like that. Still I need to do something with my life.

 

[Son Goku]

Never mind you're right when you break it down like that. Still I need to do something with my life.

Not disagreeing with that, just saying that maybe the armed forces aren't that in your case.


I already told you what time it is. It's your life, your decision, and they'll be your successes or failures.