On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 18:02 -0500, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote:
> air farce is snootiest. even within the navy, the navy flyboys are the ones
> who preen most -- and have the best bases, facilities, etc.
>
> I didn't look at the numbers but I do know that the Navy isn't recruiting
> because the gov set their rates lower than the rest of the branches.
> Learned this from a recruiter who sat next to me on a plane to Cleveland.
> He was headed for Kansas to take up his new post. When he'd mentioned that
> he'd just become a recruiter I said, "Hmmm. Not a fun time to do that."
>
> He waved his hand and said, "Pshaw. Of all the branches, Navy's easiest
> because we don't have the crazy recruitment goals."
>
> At 04:22 PM 10/8/2007, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 17:04 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 5:50 PM, John Thornton wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't know why the Navy is so much lower than the other branches.
> > >
> > > Isn't the Navy the snootiest of the branches?
> >
> >It is. But maybe Dr Johnson's observation has something
> >to do with it too:
> >
> >"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance
> >enough to get himself into a jail; for being
> >in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance
> >of being drowned. A man in a jail has more
> >room, better food, and commonly better company."
> >
> >
> >
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