The problem is that it is the Army's MP's (like myself) that used to go pick up and escort back those that went AWOL. Military Police is now knows as "the force of choice" for many reasons. We do it all. We don't have the time to go look for people that don't want to serve with us. Would YOU want to force a person to work with you when your like will depend on them? Not me. Letting the weak leave will make us a stronger whole.

Some of you are actually surprised that people with lack of character are being enticed by $20k and $40k bonuses yet don't want to do the job they have been paid to do?

A little food for thought:

Desertion Rates
Army Fiscal Year Number of Deserters Rate Per 1000
1997 . . . . . . . . . 2,218 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.58
1998 . . . . . . . . . 2,520 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.20
1999 . . . . . . . . . 2,966 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.13
2000 . . . . . . . . . 3,949 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.16
2001 . . . . . . . . . 4,597 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.50
2002 . . . . . . . . . 4,483 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.26
2003 . . . . . . . . . 3,678 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.60
2004 . . . . . . . . . 2,376 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.91
2005 . . . . . . . . . 2,357 . . . . . . . . . . . . ?????
2006 . . . . . . . . . 3,301 . . . . . . . . . . . . "less than 7"
2007 . . . . . . . . . 4,698 . . . . . . . . . . . . "about 9"

Okay, so all the people that were riding Uncle Sam for a paycheck jumped ship in 2001 when they found out they might have to actually do some work...and now that we've got the lowest standards and the highest bonuses ever...we're seeing similar numbers and this is news?

And for those of you that are ultra critical of how things are being run...what are you doing to make change? Are you serving your country, or just acting e-smart and complaining about this online?

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-James

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