Read more Army recruiting stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2483/army-recruiting.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71629/economy-sparks-record-military-recruitment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession has helped boost the US military to its best recruitment year since the post-Vietnam switch to an all-volunteer force. Recruiters hit or exceeded all their targets for the first time since 1973, surprising even Pentagon officials. In addition to rising unemployment, recruiting was helped by bonuses, a recruiting...http://www.newser.com/story/71629/economy-sparks-record-military-recruitment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 3:41:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69199/army-recruiters-video-arcade-draws-fire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Army Experience Center in Philadelphia—a sort of video arcade/recruiting center—has numerous detractors, and those opponents have an influential ally. “This is just a new version of an old attempt” at recruiting, Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges tells dscriber. The simulations...http://www.newser.com/story/69199/army-recruiters-video-arcade-draws-fire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 17:26:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68343/no-child-left-unrecruited.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe military is using a host of behind-the-scenes methods—including the No Child Left Behind Act—to gather information on high school students for recruitment, writes David Goodman in Mother Jones . A little-known provision in NCLB, for instance, requires schools that get funding to supply recruiters with info on all...http://www.newser.com/story/68343/no-child-left-unrecruited.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 15:32:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57854/army-uses-facebook-twitter-to-recruit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUncle Sam wants you…to friend him on Facebook. Social networking sites have become a key part of the army’s recruitment process, the AP reports. Recruiters try to friend prospective soldiers on Facebook, while Gen. Ray Odierno updates his “fans” on the progress in Iraq. The sites have proven key in...http://www.newser.com/story/57854/army-uses-facebook-twitter-to-recruit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 11:19:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56593/army-may-not-want-you-so-bad-after-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising unemployment and safer conditions in Iraq have boosted interest in joining the Army, allowing recruiters to raise acceptance standards. The Washington Post reports that felons and recent drug users need not apply, and the pool of applicants also is better educated. For the first time since 2004, the Army...http://www.newser.com/story/56593/army-may-not-want-you-so-bad-after-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 10:14:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47068/psst-fat-boy-uncle-sam-wants-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo reel in more recruits, the US Army is relaxing weight restrictions on would-be soldiers. A waiver program gives outsize volunteers a year after signing up to get in shape, measured by body-mass index, or be booted, the Christian Science Monitor reports. With the youthful population consuming more and exercising...http://www.newser.com/story/47068/psst-fat-boy-uncle-sam-wants-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 12:25:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35947/army-school-gets-dropouts-ready-to-serve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Army today opened its first prep school to prepare high school dropouts for military service, the AP reports. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and not enough eligible recruits, the Army wants unqualified prospects to earn their GEDs. "Only three out of every 10 people of military age"...http://www.newser.com/story/35947/army-school-gets-dropouts-ready-to-serve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 18:50:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21009/cops-say-letters-a-coincidence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA hundred members of Congress got envelopes yesterday stuffed with a political rant, a photo of a man in front of the Times Square military recruiting station, and the bold taunt, “We did it.” But, bizarrely, they weren't connected to the blast that damaged the landmark yesterday morning, reports the...http://www.newser.com/story/21009/cops-say-letters-a-coincidence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Mar 2008 12:52:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20965/ny-cops-probe-2-similar-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice and federal agents are looking into striking similarities between yesterday's Times Square bombing and two earlier explosions to determine if there could be a serial bomber at work, the New York Times reports. The device, timing, method of delivery and suspect in the Times Square attack at a military...http://www.newser.com/story/20965/ny-cops-probe-2-similar-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Mar 2008 5:10:00 CST