New GI Bill could help recruit numbers

Senator Jim Webb was right. Bush, McCain and the rest of the GOP who voted against this, were wrong.

Military Update:
New GI Bill could help recruit numbers
By Tom Philpott, Special to Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, July 19, 2008



The quality and number of American youths drawn to military service should climb soon because of enhanced education benefits to be provided under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, say Pentagon recruiting experts.

"It is a very attractive incentive package, there’s no question about that. So individuals will be very interested in enlisting for education benefits," predicted Curtis Gilroy, director of accession policy for the Department of Defense.

"But we will see a spike in the quality of our enlisted cohort as well," Gilroy added, because that heavier flow of prospective recruits "primarily will have college in mind."
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