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http://www.good.is/post/unemployed-college-grads-are-turning-to-the-army/
instead of settling for a job at a "chicken-finger place" and shacking up with his parents, unemployed grads are joining the military.
Over the past two years, the Army's seen the biggest spike in diploma-holding enlistees. In 2010, almost 6,000 college graduates signed up for duty, 2,000 more than in 2008 when the economy still seemed healthy.
The only branch to not see a significant enrollment bump is the Marines. According to Maj. John Caldwell, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, "Young men and women join our ranks to become a United States Marine. They do not see the Marine Corps as a path to something else but rather as a destination unto itself."
wait.. only 6000 new officers per year? sounds kinda low for how big the Army is.
i wonder what rank you get if you join with a Masters? Ph.D?
instead of settling for a job at a "chicken-finger place" and shacking up with his parents, unemployed grads are joining the military.
Over the past two years, the Army's seen the biggest spike in diploma-holding enlistees. In 2010, almost 6,000 college graduates signed up for duty, 2,000 more than in 2008 when the economy still seemed healthy.
The only branch to not see a significant enrollment bump is the Marines. According to Maj. John Caldwell, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, "Young men and women join our ranks to become a United States Marine. They do not see the Marine Corps as a path to something else but rather as a destination unto itself."
wait.. only 6000 new officers per year? sounds kinda low for how big the Army is.
i wonder what rank you get if you join with a Masters? Ph.D?