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alelks · 10-18-2009, 17:43

This is an easy one.

YES!

Back when I was still active and we had a certain general running SWC we were all brought into the auditorium in the academic facility. The SGM stood up and told us we were going to start training smarter in order to produce more soldiers but we were not going to lower the standards. We all of course knew that this would not be the case. It was all about numbers and they didn't want to spend any more money to produce those numbers. Talking with the other members of various committees throughout SWC confirmed what I thought. No way we could have produced more soldiers in the same period of time without lowering standards so they were cut. Throughout SWC we definitely cut standards and up until 2007 we were still doing so.

10-18-2009, 17:43	#33
alelks Quiet Professional Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St. Pauls, NC Posts: 2,668	This is an easy one. YES! Back when I was still active and we had a certain general running SWC we were all brought into the auditorium in the academic facility. The SGM stood up and told us we were going to start training smarter in order to produce more soldiers but we were not going to lower the standards. We all of course knew that this would not be the case. It was all about numbers and they didn't want to spend any more money to produce those numbers. Talking with the other members of various committees throughout SWC confirmed what I thought. No way we could have produced more soldiers in the same period of time without lowering standards so they were cut. Throughout SWC we definitely cut standards and up until 2007 we were still doing so. Last edited by alelks; 10-18-2009 at 18:37.
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