No Compromise - Oo-Rah!!

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"Maybe you can be one of us."

That's what the posters and ads have always said... and meant. It is very good to see that it has not- and will not be- changed. In a nation of under-achieving and standard lowering... it is nice to have some solid bedrock institutions that won't bow down.

Unlike the Army, the Marine Corps met its national recruiting goals for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and has no plans to lower its standards for recruits, officials said.

In their pop-up ads on the Internet, for example, the Army says, "Join the U.S. Army. Discover all the opportunities the U.S. Army has to offer," while the Marine Corps asks "Do you have what it takes? Contact a Marine recruiter."

In one of the Army's television ads, an African American youth tells his mother he is enlisting so that he can earn money for college.

In a TV ad that debuted Oct. 1, the Marines emphasize the demands of boot camp.

"The main thing we show, or sell, if you will, to young men and women are the intangibles: self-discipline, service to country, service to team," said Maj. Joe Kloppel, spokesman for the Western Recruiting Region based in San Diego.

"Those things don't change with the economy," he said. ]]

No. They don't.

Marines Hit Recruiting Goal, Won't Lower Bar

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