Chinese army recruits college graduates as Beijing seeks to ease employment pressure
China military recruiters target college graduates Pentagon says recruiting last year was best since 1973 in numbers, quality of recruitsWASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s personnel chief said Tuesday the military has completed its best recruiting year since 1973, meeting all its goals and bringing in a better educated group of young people. Somali Islamists threaten to attack neighboring KenyaMOGADISHU, Somalia — The Islamist insurgency in Somalia may attack targets in neighboring Kenya, an Islamist official said Sunday. Captured Arab fighter in Iraq recounts journey from campus to killing fieldsBAGHDAD — He told his family he was going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Bomb in Iraq kills Iraqi cleric who opposed Sunni insurgentsBAGHDAD — A Sunni cleric known for denouncing insurgents in Iraq was killed Friday by a bomb that ripped apart his car, a police official said, in the second targeted attack on a religious figure in as many weeks. Army: FL soldier at SC’s Fort Jackson first in its ranks to die of swine flu related illnessCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The Army says an autopsy shows a soldier from Florida who died while at Fort Jackson in South Carolina passed away from pneumonia caused by the H1N1 flu virus. Army gives recruits olive-drab hand sanitizer bottles and coughing orders to fight flu threatFORT JACKSON, S.C. — Soldiers in boot camp are getting something new this year besides rigorous basic training — Army-green bottles of hand sanitizer gel, part of a stepped-up effort by the military to ward off swine and seasonal flu. Questions about France’s role in Holocaust at center of training for defense recruitsPARIS — The French official choked on the words he read to a room of Defense Ministry recruits and swallowed back tears as he tried to kick off an unusual program aimed at teaching about the Holocaust. AP IMPACT: 9 out of 10 Afghan soldiers are illiterate, complicating efforts to build an armyKABUL — Afghan army recruit Shahidullah Ahmadi can’t read — and neither can nine out of 10 soldiers in the Afghan National Army. Sour economy negating need for more Army’s video game-heavy marketing, recruiting centersPHILADELPHIA — When the Army installed a Black Hawk helicopter simulator and dozens of combat video-game stations at one of the region’s largest shopping malls, military officials said the new marketing effort would likely be replicated across the country. Australia may remove gender criteria for military jobs, allowing female combat rolesADELAIDE, Australia — Australia may allow female soldiers to serve in front-line combat roles under proposed equal-opportunity guidelines that stoked debate Wednesday on whether women can meet the physical demands. National Guard gets more selective; bad acne, too many speeding tickets could bar recruitsCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Suffer from a bad case of acne? That could disqualify you from joining the Army National Guard. Too many speeding tickets? In today’s slimmer, smarter Guard, that could keep you out, too. US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of AfricaArmy Sgt. Randy M. Haney When Randy M. Haney got a care package filled with candy while serving in Afghanistan, he wasn’t the one who ate it. He gave it to Afghan children, his mother said. Report: British military is worried that many of its soldiers are too fat to fightLONDON — British soldiers are getting so fat it’s putting lives at risk, according to a leaked memo from the army’s physical training corps published in a Sunday newspaper. Man pleads not guilty in shooting death of soldier outside Ark. Army recruiting centerLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A 23-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot and killed a soldier outside an Arkansas Army recruiting center, and prosecutors say they’ll seek the death penalty. Pentagon eyes proposal to grow Army by 30,000, senators consider amendment authorizing planWASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering a plan to add 30,000 soldiers to the Army to bolster a force depleted by a growing number of troops who are wounded, stressed or for other reasons cannot deploy with their units. Judge strikes down Calif. cities’ ordinances banning military recruiting or minorsSAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Northern California city ordinances banning military recruitment of minors, finding the laws violated the U.S. Constitution. Turning the tables: Pakistan to recruit Taliban’s victims as cops to keep out the militantsPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Civilians who lived under the Taliban’s harsh rule in Pakistan’s Swat Valley may soon be recruited to police the region — with preference going to those hit hardest during the militants’ two-year campaign of terror, a top official says. Military academies see applications jump as tough economy pairs with stepped-up recruitingANNAPOLIS, Md. — Applications have surged at the nation’s three top military academies as tough economic times coincide with stepped-up recruiting efforts by the Army, Navy and Air Force schools, making the prospect of free college and a steady job look sweeter. California towns face off with federal government in court over military recruiting of minorsSAN FRANCISCO — Two towns nestled in the rugged coastline and the liberal politics of Northern California have fought the federal government by banning the U.S. military from recruiting minors within their city limits. Now the federal government is fighting back. AP Exclusive: Suspect in military recruiting center shooting says he’s unaware of more attacksLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Muslim convert accused of killing a soldier outside an Army recruiting center said Wednesday he is not aware of any similar attacks planned against the military on American soil. Man accused of recruiting center shootings tells AP murder justified for crimes against IslamLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Muslim convert charged with fatally shooting an American soldier at a military recruiting center said Tuesday that he doesn’t consider the killing a murder because U.S. military action in the Middle East made the killing justified. US military says insurgents increasingly using teenagers to stage attacks in IraqBAGHDAD — Teenagers armed with grenades and suicide vests are the latest recruits for Sunni insurgents trying to find new ways to outwit heightened security measures and attack American and Iraqi forces, the U.S. military said Saturday. Dead soldier’s mom, dad sought quiet life in Arkansas after family legacy of military serviceCONWAY, Ark. — The father of a soldier slain outside a recruiting center sought a quiet life for his family in rural Arkansas after years of military service, but the battlefield came home to find them. Officials found evidence that military recruiting center shooter may have had more targetsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Muslim convert accused of killing a soldier outside a recruiting center may have been considering other targets including Jewish and Christian sites — and had the firepower to carry out more attacks, according to law enforcement officials. Police: Man charged in soldier’s death hoped to ‘kill as many people in the Army as he could’LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Muslim convert who pleaded not guilty to killing a soldier outside a recruiting center had the firepower to take out many more while on a mission to “kill as many people in the Army as he could,” police said. Suspect in recruiting office killing pleads not guilty; judge orders him held without bailLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Muslim convert who already was under federal investigation pleaded not guilty Tuesday in what police called a likely “political and religious” attack that killed a young soldier at a military recruiting center. Police: Shooter at recruiting center targeted military; slain soldier was just out of trainingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Police describe it as a killing motivated by politics and religion: A Muslim convert upset with the U.S. military drove to a recruiting center and opened fire on two soldiers, fatally wounding one. 1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at Army recruiting center in Little Rock, ArkLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Police in Little Rock, Ark., say a man who likely had “political and religious motives” shot two new Army soldiers, killing one, at a military recruiting center. Facebook and Twitter among Pentagon’s newest tools to reach out to younger AmericansFORT MONROE, Va. — You don’t often hear a three-star general using the word “friend” as a verb. |
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