news Canadian News
Good Afternoon Guest | login or register
  • Home
    • Canadian News
    • Popular News
    • News Voting Log
    • News Images
  • Forums
    • Recent Topics Scroll
    •  
    • Politics Forums
    • Sports Forums
    • Regional Forums
  • Content
    • Achievements
    • Canadian Content
    • Famous Canadians
    • Famous Quotes
    • Jokes
    • Canadian Maps
  • Photos
    • Picture Gallery
    • Wallpapers
    • Recent Activity
  • About
    • About
    • Contact
    • Link to Us
    • Points
    • Statistics
  • Shop
  • Register
    • Gold Membership
  • Archive
    • Canadian TV
    • Canadian Webcams
    • Groups
    • Links
    • Top 10's
    • Reviews
    • CKA Radio
    • Video
    • Weather

U.S. to increase size of army

Canadian Content
20685news upnews down

U.S. to increase size of army


Military | 206846 hits | Jul 21 6:13 am | Posted by: commanderkai
91 Comment

The United States will temporarily increase the size of its army by 22,000 soldiers to deal with demands placed on the force by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.

Comments

  1. by avatar bootlegga
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:35 pm
    22,000? You can't run the New World Order with 22,000 more troops! :wink:

  2. by avatar poquas
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:53 pm
    I've always had a theory that the bigger the army or the more sophisticated the weapons, the more likely it is that someone will want to use them..... :roll:

  3. by avatar Praxius
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:57 pm
    Here's a silly question:

    They already have been dealing with some pretty crappy recruitment as of late and fewer are joining up.... how do they expect to suck(er) people in to meet this demand?

  4. by avatar poquas
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:04 pm
    "Praxius" said
    Here's a silly question:

    They already have been dealing with some pretty crappy recruitment as of late and fewer are joining up.... how do they expect to suck(er) people in to meet this demand?


    Recruit them directly from the prisons? :lol:

  5. by ridenrain
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:05 pm
    But Obama promised things would be different.. :D

  6. by avatar romanP
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:06 pm
    "Praxius" said
    Here's a silly question:

    They already have been dealing with some pretty crappy recruitment as of late and fewer are joining up.... how do they expect to suck(er) people in to meet this demand?



    The usual way - lie to naive high school and college students that the military is all about playing basketball and being in a marching band.

  7. by Regina  Gold Member
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:09 pm
    "romanP" said
    Here's a silly question:

    They already have been dealing with some pretty crappy recruitment as of late and fewer are joining up.... how do they expect to suck(er) people in to meet this demand?



    The usual way - lie to naive high school and college students that the military is all about playing basketball and being in a marching band.
    Anyone that believes that isn't smart enough to be in college and probably dropped out of high school. Basketball and marching bands is college and high school.

  8. by avatar poquas
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:15 pm
    As of 2007 the US government issued more than 125,000 "moral waivers". The US military is not filled with it's country's "best and brightest".

  9. by avatar romanP
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:19 pm
    "Regina" said
    Here's a silly question:

    They already have been dealing with some pretty crappy recruitment as of late and fewer are joining up.... how do they expect to suck(er) people in to meet this demand?



    The usual way - lie to naive high school and college students that the military is all about playing basketball and being in a marching band.
    Anyone that believes that isn't smart enough to be in college and probably dropped out of high school. Basketball and marching bands is college and high school.

    Are you kidding? There are a lot of incredibly stupid people attending colleges all across North America. Some of them even graduate. Just because you've got a peice of paper doesn't necessarily mean you're brilliant, it might just mean you have a lot of money or know how to bargain your way to the top with a minumum of actual work.

  10. by avatar Praxius
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:38 pm
    "romanP" said
    Are you kidding? There are a lot of incredibly stupid people attending colleges all across North America. Some of them even graduate. Just because you've got a peice of paper doesn't necessarily mean you're brilliant, it might just mean you have a lot of money or know how to bargain your way to the top with a minumum of actual work.


    Or the school just pushed you through so they could win the season.

    As it goes for joining the US Military, I seen Full Metal Jacket, doesn't look like fun and I don't remember seeing any hot ladies throwing themselves everywhere..... except Ms. 5 Dolla.

    What I do remember is:


    "Bullsh*t. It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mama's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress."

    Real Charming, eh?

  11. by ridenrain
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:42 pm
    Hot ladies?
    What's not to love?

  12. by avatar Praxius
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:09 pm
    "ridenrain" said
    Hot ladies?
    What's not to love?


    HA HA HA.... sweet :lol: Looks like someone chopped off her pinky toe

    Have her eyes roll in the back of her head and the horns shoot out through her hat and she'd be set.

  13. by Regina  Gold Member
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:25 pm
    "romanP" said

    Are you kidding? There are a lot of incredibly stupid people attending colleges all across North America. Some of them even graduate. Just because you've got a peice of paper doesn't necessarily mean you're brilliant, it might just mean you have a lot of money or know how to bargain your way to the top with a minumum of actual work.

    BS ..........No moron would think they're joining the armed forces to play bugle and dance.

  14. by avatar Smacle
    Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:33 pm
    There are people who join and really should not have, but who do you think drives the trucks?



view comments in forum
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news.

  • Login
  • Register (free)
 Share  Digg It Bookmark to del.icio.us Share on Facebook


Share on Facebook Submit page to Reddit
CKA About |  Legal |  Advertise |  Sitemap |  Contact   canadian mobile newsMobile

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2025 by Canadaka.net