I was wondering on that.. Isn't single term enlistment the typical
pattern in the US? Leave school, join the military for a tour (maybe
pick up some skills, earn whatever it is for GI bill to go to University
etc)..

With threats to jobs (poor job market) I would expect re-enlistment to
be higher than normal (I remember seeing something recently about
airforce re-enlistment bonuses being reduced... suggesting more than
sufficient coming back for a second tour).

Now what might be a more meaningful statistic would be numbers joining
the guard, or re-enlisting in the guard (i.e., people who already have
jobs....).. are these numbers up or down (and is any movement significant)

Dweezil Dwarftosser wrote:

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I wonder if this jerk realizes that a 66% reenlistment
rate is absolutely phenomenal? It was likely no more
than 10% during the VN war...