| on 04-02-2007 15:10
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In 2005, the U.S. military saw the worst enlistment shortfall since 1979. And it was only through a battery of financial incentives (including a $2,000 referral bonus for offering up one's friends), an expansion of the active duty age limit from 35 to 42, and even a laxer policy on tattoos that the Army was able to rebound in 2006 and barely reach its goals. With the president's January call for a 21,500 troop surge in Iraq, will the military be forced to open its camouflaged arms even wider?
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