Tag: recruitment
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US army recruitment drive turns to video games
from russia today: The US is turning to technology to step up its recruitment drive for new soldiers by introducing a $13 million virtual world of combat simulations where people can experience the adrenaline of a military mission. Tax payer’s money has been used to build a multi-million dollar project called The Army Experience Center…
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US military will offer path to citizenship for immigrants
from nytimes: Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months. Immigrants who are permanent residents, with documents commonly known as green cards, have long been…
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media/memes: simpsontology, propaganalog & dtv
bart simpson used to promote scientologyfrom wikinews: Nancy Cartwright, 51, who is a long time member of the Church of Scientology, has created a recording using her voice of Bart Simpson as part of a robocall promotion. The message surfaced early Wednesday morning on YouTube. During the message, Cartwright states that “This is a special…
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philly mall boasts new army recruitment arcade
from nytimes: Amid the last-minute shopping bustle, the voice in the Black Hawk helicopter simulator shouted with an urgency that exceeded even the holiday mall frenzy. “Enemy right! Enemy right!” Triggers squeezed. Pixels exploded. Shopping waited. At the Franklin Mills mall here, past the Gap Outlet and the China Buddha Express, is a $13 million…
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‘soldiers of misfortune’: recruiting kids to serve in the military
from blacklisted news: In violation of its pledge to the United Nations not to recruit children into the military, the Pentagon “regularly target(s) children under 17,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says. The Pentagon “heavily recruits on high school campuses, targeting students for recruitment as early as possible and generally without limits on the…
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wal-mart partners with army reserve to recruit you
from ap: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has signed on to an Army Reserve program that allows the company and the Army to work together to recruit and train people interested in serving in the military and working for the giant retailer. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest private employer, has more than 1.4 million U.S. employees. An agreement…
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marine corps recruiter arrested; accused of sex with minor
from sacramento bee: A Marine Corps recruiter was arrested Aug. 20 on suspicion of having sex with a minor he met at a job fair, according to authorities. Sgt. Victor Sanchez-Millan, 23, of Stockton faces charges of unlawful sex with a minor and unlawful communication with a minor, according to police and Marine Corps officials.…
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improvised bomb hits times square
here we go, folks… it’s blond-hair blue-eyed homegrown terrorism & violent radicalization homeland stupidity fear-mongering terronoia time! are we already seeing blowback from puppygate? improvised bomb hits times square from danger room: “New York City police officers and firefighters cordoned off much of Times Square for more than two hours after a small explosion -…
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recruiting, russia, nuke site, ptsd, budget & ‘condor’
US military recruiting illegal aliensfrom press tv: Mexican citizen groups claim the US army is recruiting illegal immigrants from Mexico to send them to the war in Iraq. According to Prensa Latina on Friday in Culiacan, the capital of the northern state Sinaloa, civil activist Ildefonso Ortiz Cabrera told reporters that US military officers use…
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army expands by lowering the bar on recruits
from int’l herald tribune: Two weeks ago, the Pentagon announced the “good news” that the army had met its recruiting goal for October, the first month in a five-year plan to add 65,000 new soldiers to the ranks by 2012. But Pentagon statistics show the army met that goal by accepting a higher percentage of…
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US army running low on cannon fodder
cannon fodder: (noun) Soldiers, sailors, or other military personnel regarded as likely to be killed or wounded in combat. from ap: 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…
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Grim Reaper Visits Marines at Georgia College
from bill fisher: Walking past the buildings of GCSU on an overcast, cool morning on a Thursday in September, a Marine Recruitment booth was spotted near “the Fountain,” a common meeting area and major campus thoroughfare… Within two hours a cloak was donated, a scythe fabricated and the Grim Reaper began a conversation with the…
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army misses recruiting goal again, raises worry
from reuters: The U.S. Army, strained by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, missed its recruiting goal for the second straight month in June, indicating a trend that some defense officials on Monday called worrying. The Army will announce the monthly data on Tuesday. Army spokesmen would not discuss the specific figures. But some defense officials…
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army signs recruitment deal with global gaming league
from wired: The U.S. Army, after figuring out that a) it needs more bodies to fill up its ranks, and b) lots of the ideal sorts of bodies play video games, has signed a $2 million sponsorship deal with the Global Gaming League’s website as a means to recruit readers. Eighty percent of GGL’s readers…