Uncle Sam might want you after all...redux

Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks August 27, 2008 FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) - Austin Swarner left high school to care for his mother while she fought a losing battle with cancer. Tony Brown wanted to begin supporting himself and left two classes shy of a diploma. Haelee Holden got tired of trying to make it through school while flipping burgers until 1 a.m. But the U.S. Army, eager to fill its ranks amid wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, doesn't see them as dropouts. They are recruits who only need a GED before they're ready to begin basic training. (WTOP)

Damn, but I hate it when I am right. Back in 2006, I said "the military is either going to have to open their own schools or lower their standards" and now it turns out they are going to open their own school. I guess it is better than conscription.