In Sour U.S. Job Market, Military Recruitment Thriving -- Dallas Morning NewsYoung lovers Chris White and Beatrice Mahoney sat down and did the math.
He's 20, she's 19. They've been together three years. Neither has a career, and the national unemployment rate is 9.5 percent.
Here's what they came up with – the Marine Corps.
"I've tried to get jobs everywhere," White said hours after he and his girlfriend took the oath of enlistment in Dallas.
"I've tried connections from family. I even tried to get a job working maintenance in a trailer park. But unless you have experience, it's almost impossible."
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My Comment: Even in the boom years of the past decade, U.S. military recruitment was meeting all goals. For a volunteer military .... this is impressive.