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Army
offers shorter enlistment option
www.ihpra.org May
13, 2005 Facing
what Maj. Gen. Michael Rochelle, U.S. Army Recruiting Command head, calls
"the toughest recruiting climate ever faced by the all-volunteer
Army," a new 15 months active-duty service option has been added to the
recruitment menu. The
Army has been all-volunteer since the draft was abolished in 1973, but images of
death and destruction coming out of Iraq have slowed Army enlistments to a
crawl. After
completing 15 months on active duty after completing their training and two
years in the Army Reserve or National Guard, Soldiers in this new option would
be required to spend seven years in the Individual Ready Reserve.
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