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The more they cut back on the troops the more we will be sitting ducks. We no longer have the troops we need to effectively control our own borders let alone assist in many other countries world wide. Soon we will be a second world power and be told what we can or can not do by the first world powers.

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Army to spend $300 Million to add 6000 recruits

The blitz of advertising and bonuses over the next eight months is meant to boost recruitment for this fiscal year from 62,000 to 68,500 new soldiers, the largest in-year increase in the history of the all-volunteer force that dates to 1973, military officials told USA TODAY. The expansion was authorized under a law signed by former president Barack Obama last year to halt a years-long reduction in U.S. Forces. Ref. USAToday.

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This is long overdue. The Army has shrunk to a dangerous level and it is killing morale. It's close to the point where it perform its missions.

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It is very good that they are hiring more. We have gone too long with too few soldiers I hope all the soldiers get a pay raise too.

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Army to consider changing names of forts named after Confederate generals. Here are the 10 military bases named after Confederate generals. Source 9c.

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It should be a standard across all our armed forces rather than each one deciding if they will do it or not.