"peaked at number two on the Billboard Soul album chart. In some ways, ""Uncle Jam Wants You"" (a reference to the ""Uncle Sam wants you!"" US Army recruitment posters) is a more militant sequel to the group's previous album, ""One Nation Under a Groove"". Whereas that album described an ideal country ruled by Funk, ""Uncle Jam"" actually attempts to provoke the conversion into Funkadelia. Its purpose is also (as the cover claims) to ""rescue dance music from the blahs."" The cover art depicts George Clinton in a Huey Newton-Black Panthers pose, reflecting the more martial lyrical themes of the album."
"Slogans of the United States Army Slogans of the United States Army changed rarely in the 20th century, relative to the 21st. ""I Want YOU for US Army"" featured on a poster of Uncle Sam painted by James Montgomery Flagg. ""Look Sharp, Be Sharp, Go Army!"" was a recruiting slogan in the 1950s and 1960s. The Big Picture, public announcements on broadcast television, and highway roadway signs advertised the slogan during a time of a national draft of young men 18 to 34 years of age. The advantage of volunteering for service as opposed to being drafted was the option"
"the recruiting slogan that has been used for more than a decade by the United States Army. The composer of the music used in the Army Strong television commercials is Mark Isham. Slogans of the United States Army Slogans of the United States Army changed rarely in the 20th century, relative to the 21st. ""I Want YOU for US Army"" featured on a poster of Uncle Sam painted by James Montgomery Flagg. ""Look Sharp, Be Sharp, Go Army!"" was a recruiting slogan in the 1950s and 1960s. The Big Picture, public announcements on broadcast television, and highway roadway signs advertised"
"to choose which career field you wanted to serve in along with the first unit and/or location of assignment. ""Today's Army Wants to Join You"" was a recruiting slogan from the 1971 Volunteer Army (Project VOLAR) campaign, which was introduced as the country prepared to transition to an all-volunteer military. When N. W. Ayer & Son, who were engaged by the US Army, believed they felt the army said ""Today's Army is changing; we want to meet you half way"", the firm came up with that slogan. General William Westmoreland asked ""Do we have to ask it that way?"" but"
"through to the American Civil War promised prospective recruits of bounties and prizes for service at sea. After the end of the draft in the United States in 1972, recruiters had to shift from merely processing recruits to actively seeking and encouraging them to join an all-volunteer force. Because there are Marine installations in relatively few states, Marine recruiters are typically the public face of the Corps, seen most commonly by the civilian population. Recruiters serve as the entry into the Corps through a variety of means. While the majority of accessions are enlisted, those who qualify can attempt to"
"U.S. Army. Warrant officer candidates are typically drawn from enlisted members (up to Command Sergeant Major) and inter-service transfers. In this case, Inter-Service Transfer refers to enlisted members of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, or U.S. Marine Corps transferring to the U.S. Army to attend WOCS, or civilian high school graduates who enlist for guaranteed attendance as aviation (flight) candidates at WOCS after they complete Basic Combat Training (BCT). Warrant officer candidates without prior enlisted service are informally referred to as ""high school to flight school"" or ""street to seat"" recruits by warrant officer candidates with"
"for ""America's Army,"" admits it is a recruitment tool, and Chris Morris of CNN/Money states that ""the Army readily admits [America's Army] is a propaganda device."" The game, considered by the U.S. Army to be a ""cost-effective recruitment tool,"" aims to become part of youth culture's ""consideration set"" as confirmed by Army Deputy Chief of Personnel Timothy Maude in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. ""America's Army"" and its official webpage contain links to the ""Go Army"" recruitment website, another recruiting tool that, according to the Army Subcommittee Testimony from February 2000, has a higher chance of recruiting than"
"Marine Corps Yumi Yumi Nagumo is a carefree Nipponian (in-universe version of Japan) high school girl who dreams of going to the United States of Amerigo (in-universe version of the United States of America) and become its President. She managed to arrive in the US during summer vacation. After befriending some elderly veterans, she becomes convinced that joining the United States Marine Corps is the best way to move her dream forward and enlisted. The story follows Yumi and her friends in the Marines, starting from their experiences in boot camp to their daily lives as Marines stationed in Okinawa."
"$6.9 billion for military construction and $1.3 billion for family housing. The projected active duty end strength in the armed forces for fiscal year 2017 was 1,281,900 servicemembers, with an additional 801,200 people in the seven reserve components. It is an all-volunteer military, but conscription through the Selective Service System can be enacted at the President's request and Congress' approval. All males ages 18 through 25 who are living in the United States are required to register with the Selective Service for a potential future draft. The U.S. Armed Forces is the world's third largest military, after the Chinese's People's"
"than experience in many cases. All US military recruits take the Armed Forces Qualification Test, an intelligence test that strongly measures the general intelligence factor. A recruit's cognitive test scores in part determine the professions available to him or her. Problems in training low-IQ military recruits during World War II led the US Congress to ban enlistment from the lowest 10% (below IQ 80) of the population. Because people with IQs below 80 (the 10th percentile, Department of Defense ""Category V"") are difficult to train, federal law bars their induction into the military. As of 2005, only 4 percent of"
"Ryan McCarthy (U.S. Army) Ryan D. McCarthy is the current United States Under Secretary of the Army and a former United States Army Ranger and business executive. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him to become the United States Under Secretary of the Army. He was confirmed as United States Under Secretary of the Army by the United States Senate on August 1, 2017, by voice vote, and from August 3 to November 20, 2017, he assumed duties as acting United States Secretary of the Army. McCarthy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history from the Virginia Military"
"of Army Reserve (OCAR) at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia and The Pentagon, Washington, DC<br> The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) consists of individuals who are active reservists but not assigned to a particular Active Reserve Unit. Members of the IRR are encouraged to take advantage of training opportunities and are eligible for promotion provided all requirements are met. The Retired Reserve consists of soldiers who have retired from either the active or reserve components of the Army but have not reached the age of 60. The Army of the United States (AUS) is the official name for the conscripted force of the"
"gets brushed<br> <br> ""You're in the Army Now""<br> Music by Isham Jones<br> Played during the eye test The Draft Horse The Draft Horse is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in 1942, directed by Chuck Jones. Mel Blanc provided the voices. Robert Cannon is the animator, Tedd Pierce is the screenwriter and the music of this cartoon was done by Carl Stalling. The title is a pun on draft horse and the draft (conscription). A farm horse sees a poster that says the U.S. Army needs horses. The horse goes to the recruiting station and tries to volunteer, but is eventually"
"United States Army Recruiting Command The United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) mission is to recruit the enlisted, non-commissioned and officer candidates for service in the United States Army and Army Reserve. This process includes the recruiting, medical and psychological examination, induction, and administrative processing of potential service personnel. The Recruiting Command is a field operating agency administratively responsible to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. The Command employs more than 7200 Active and Reserve Component recruiters at more than 1,600 recruiting centers across the United States and overseas. The Command is guided in its operations"
"recruitment as early as possible. By exposing children under 17 to military recruitment, the United States military violates the Optional Protocol."" The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, ratified by the Senate in December 2002, protects the rights of children under 16 from military recruitment and deployment to war. Prior to exiting, visitors receive a free copy of the America’s Army PC game so, if desired, they can join the game's online community and continue to explore the Army at home by playing the game. Private corporations like Ubisoft reap handsome profits from the Army's project"
"about the Army and considered joining it. After hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor, he decided the right thing to do was to volunteer for the U.S. Army. In January 1942, he joined the Army as a private soldier and was assigned to the European Theatre of Operations. He told the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security 50 years later, that when he was in boot camp: an officer asked me and two other immigrants ... whether we wanted to become U.S. citizens. [They took us] to a federal courthouse and [swore us] in"
"Army and other volunteer regiments. Some were politicians and gentlemen from the hierarchy of the state. The majority were fifteen- to thirty-year-old farmers and mill workers from southern and western Rhode Island who enlisted in the regiment under the call of President Abraham Lincoln for 300,000 men to defend the Union following a series of humiliating defeats in Virginia. The largest push for recruits came in August, with some towns offering incentives as high as four hundred dollars for men to enlist; though the large bounties encouraged many to come forward, large numbers joined to preserve the Union. Many of"
"by the United States Mobilization Doctrine. The Command is commanded by a Major General, and assisted by a Deputy Commanding General (Brigadier General), with five recruitment brigades and a number of support brigades in the Command. U.S. Army recruiters generally are DA selected for three year assignments. These “detailed” recruiters return to their primary military occupational specialty after obligation as recruiters. Center Leaders and reserve recruiters are all career recruiters who stay within USAREC for the duration of their careers. General Paul Gorman’s (USA, ret.) in his institutional history of the U.S. Army, ""The Secret of Future Victories"", credits George"
"joy, Forward ever, backward never, faithfully we strive, To the ports of embarkation, follow me with pride, When it's time and we are called to guard our country's might, We'll be there WITH OUR HEADS HELD HIGH, in peacetime and in fight, Yearning ever, failing never, to guard the memory, </poem> Officer Candidate School (United States Army) The United States Army's Officer Candidate School (OCS), located at Fort Benning, Georgia, trains, assesses, and evaluates potential commissioned officers in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. Officer candidates are former enlisted members (E-4 to E-7), warrant officers, inter-service"
"to 24-year-olds. Information requested included education, career plans, and attitudes toward the military. $2.00 was included with the survey and participants were promised an additional $10.00 upon completion. JAMRS Joint Advertising Marketing Research & Studies (JAMRS) is a program run by the United States Department of Defense to maintain sufficient levels of voluntary service in the United States Armed Forces. This objective is facilitated by the collection of information about U.S. persons of enlistment age, surveys, and other market research in a central database made available to military recruiters. JAMRS manages a database (subcontracted by Equifax) of personal information of"
"that goes with American citizenship is the opportunity to become a commissioned officer in the navy. A person can be drafted as a resident alien or he/she can join the navy voluntarily as a foreigner, but can not become an officer unless they are a U.S. citizen. The number of Hispanics in the navy over-represent their percentage of the population. Today the United States Department of Defense faces a nationwide problem in recruiting men for the all volunteer Armed Forces because of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The United States Navy has implemented an aggressive recruitment programs directed towards"
"Army of the United States The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army (the others being the Regular Army, the United States Army Reserve and the National Guard of the United States), but it has been inactive since the suspension of the draft in 1973 and the U.S. military's transition to a volunteer force. Personnel serving in the United States Army during a major national emergency or armed conflict (either voluntarily or involuntarily) were enlisted into the Army of the United States, without specifying service in a component. The"
"a U.S. Army officer candidate is E-5 (Federal OCS), or E-6 (state OCS) on the enlisted pay scale, unless the candidate previously achieved a higher enlisted rank. For example, an E-7 who becomes a candidate would continue to receive E-7 pay. The OCS uniform is stripped of the rank patch which is replaced by the letters ""OCS."" Upon commissioning, a candidate becomes a second lieutenant. In the United States Marine Corps, officer candidates are trained by Marine officers and staff non-commissioned officer Marines at the Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. In the United States Navy, officer candidates are trained"
"""any other method of contact."" Guiding American players to the website is a major goal of the game and it was confirmed that twenty-eight percent of all visitors of ""America's Army's"" webpage click through to this recruitment site. According to Colonel Wardynski, the game generated interest from other U.S. government agencies including the Secret Service resulting in the development of a training version for internal government use only. On November 6, 2003, version 2.0 of ""America's Army"" was released, with the full title of ""America's Army: Special Forces"". In a booklet produced by the MOVES Institute an article by Wagner"
"men, although the draft has not been used since 1973 and there have been no prosecutions for violations of the draft registration law since 1986. Males between the ages of 17 and 45, and female members of the US National Guard may be conscripted for federal militia service pursuant to 10 U.S. Code § 246 and the Militia Clauses of the United States Constitution. Conscription Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under"
"the US, and 27% in South Africa). While two-thirds of states now recruit or conscript only adults, as of 2017 50 states still relied partly on children under the age of 18 (usually aged 16 or 17) to staff their armed forces. Whereas recruits who join as officers tend to be upwardly-mobile, most enlisted personnel have a childhood background of relative socio-economic deprivation. For example, after the US suspended conscription in 1973, ""the military disproportionately attracted African American men, men from lower-status socioeconomic backgrounds, men who had been in nonacademic high school programs, and men whose high school grades tended"
"States Armed Forces that could not be filled through voluntary means. The draft came to an end when the United States Armed Forces moved to an all-volunteer military force. However, the Selective Service System remains in place as a contingency plan; all male civilians between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register so that a draft can be readily resumed if needed. United States Federal Law also provides for the compulsory conscription of men between the ages of 17 and 45 and certain women for militia service pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States"
"able-bodied citizen with a high school diploma or GED and no criminal record is eligible for membership, although preference is given to honorably discharged members of all five branches from the United States military. Civilians with specific professional skill sets, such as doctors, attorneys, chaplains or engineers, may be given preference for membership without prior military service. All officers must have at minimum earned a bachelor's degree. New personnel with no prior military service are required to attend Initial Entry Training (IET) during their first year, usually held concurrently with Annual Training (AT). Prospective members are required to take several"
"parody versions which were performed in music halls during World War I and World War II, and are often still sung by serving soldiers today. One of the most notable of these parodies was 'I don't want to join the Army', a sanitized version of which also featured in ""Oh, What a Lovely War!"". The Army and the Navy need attention<br> The outlook isn't healthy you'll admit<br> But I've a perfect dream of a new recruiting scheme<br> Which I really think is absolutely it<br> If only other girls would do as I do<br> I believe that we could manage it"
"over the years has been the minimum age for recruitment, which has been 16 for many years. This has now been raised to 18 in relation to combat operations. In recent years, there have been various concerns over the techniques used in (especially) army recruitment in relation to the portrayal of such a career as an enjoyable adventure. The American military has had recruiters since the time of the colonies in the 1700s. Today there are thousands of recruiting stations across the United States, serving the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. Recruiting offices normally consist of 2–8 recruiters between"
"the military. On October 19, Judge Phillips further refused a federal government request to stay the order pending appeal. That same day, Dan Choi went to the Times Square recruiting station in New York to rejoin the U.S. Army (referred to in one source as ""reaccesion""); his request is in process. Choi reaffirmed his intention to rejoin the service on December 19. Following the repeal of ""don't ask, don't tell"" by Congress, Choi was present at the U.S. Interior Department to attend President Obama's signing of the bill on December 22, 2010. On May 28, 2011, Choi was among a"
"was re-established for the Korean War and Vietnam War and was demobilized upon the suspension of the draft. Currently, the Army is divided into the Regular Army, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. Some states further maintain state defense forces, as a type of reserve to the National Guard, while all states maintain regulations for state militias. State militias are both ""organized"", meaning that they are armed forces usually part of the state defense forces, or ""unorganized"" simply meaning that all able bodied males may be eligible to be called into military service. The U.S. Army is also"
"was met with success. In 1975 and 1976, military enlistments exceeded expectations, with over 365,000 men and women entering the military. Though this may, in part, have been the result of a lack of civilian jobs during the recession, it nevertheless stands to underline the ways in which recruiting efforts responded to the circumstances of the time. Indeed, recommendations made by the President's Commission continue to work in present-day recruitment efforts. Understanding the need for greater individual incentive, the US military has re-packaged the benefits of the GI Bill. Though originally intended as compensation for service, the bill is now"