Army "Career" Center opens in Lyn-Lake

So, it appears that the recruiting center that was on West Lake Street has moved to Lyndale just north of Lake street. I was appalled to see it was called the "Army Career Center." Now, I'm not denigrating people who seek a career in the army, I'm just furious about the fact that the economy is in the toilet and that the US Army is using a euphemism in place of calling it a recruitment center.

An article in the Democratic Underground mentions that sick reservists are being called up despite their pre-existing medical conditions that would normally preclude them from serving.

What has not been known until now is that recruitment shortages have resulted in the Pentagon calling up reservists who are ill or medically unfit. According to the GAO report, this includes reservists who have suffered from heart attacks, those with severe asthma (weather conditions in the desert exacerbates this condition), hernias, severe hypertension, and a woman who was four months into chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. It also includes reservists suffering from sleep apnea who need medical equipment to help them breath, yet large portions of Iraq and Afghanistan lack the electricity necessary to run the equipment.

Reserve forces that are diabetic and require insulin pumps have been called to active duty. A soldier was called up only two weeks after receiving a kidney transplant. Other reservists have required kidney dialysis. The GAO report also found that reserve soldiers have been called to active duty that suffer from psychiatric problems, including bipolar disorder. By one estimate as much as ten percent of the reservists who have been medically evacuated out of the Middle East was attributable to pre-existing medical conditions that could not be treated properly.

It just goes to show you to what lengths this administration will go to increase the population of cannon fodder. Why don't they just re-instate the draft?

Happy Veteran's Day. God help all those of you who have helped our country and gotten slapped in the face in return.