Military.com: The Army Bet $11M on The Rock and UFL

[Coffeeeyes]

As a service member, this is not the UFL’s fault, and the military is using the UFL as a scapegoat. The military is struggling to adapt to an age where kids are going to be able to get the truth about service online, and every single veteran that recently left the military will say it as it is. 

[4th&long]

As a service member, this is not the UFL’s fault, and the military is using the UFL as a scapegoat. The military is struggling to adapt to an age where kids are going to be able to get the truth about service online, and every single veteran that recently left the military will say it as it is. 
 

The entire fluff article on military.com was to get PR on their side especially against Rock.  Throwing numbers out like they can be substantiated was pure BS.

[johnnyangryfuzzball]

As a service member, this is not the UFL’s fault, and the military is using the UFL as a scapegoat. The military is struggling to adapt to an age where kids are going to be able to get the truth about service online, and every single veteran that recently left the military will say it as it is. 

 

The entire fluff article on military.com was to get PR on their side especially against Rock.  Throwing numbers out like they can be substantiated was pure BS.

Exactly. And let's remember, Military.com is not an official Armed Forces publication. It's a commercial publication owned by Monster.com, the legacy job-search Web site. That's not to say it can't be credible, but it's not official.

As I said, Beynon—the author of this article—has been making these claims before. The whole thing reads like he wrote the original, then wrote this one as a "see, I told you so" trying to prove he was right by taking whatever data he had on hand (which, mind you, was not included with the article so we don't know where he's getting his numbers, and no, vague claims of "documents" we can't see aren't going to pass muster with me) out of context.

[4th&long]

The "blame the UFL & Rock" campaign is a crock we all know.  Granted if Rock was contracted for 5 tweets and only did 2 that's a contract breach but the military is suffering recruitment issues across the board.  The Army cut 24k positions in Feb due to recruitment shortages.  So its blame the UFL instead of the obvious. 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/navy-sidelin ... ted-report

>>  The Navy will reportedly sideline 17 vessels due to a manpower shortage that makes it difficult to properly crew and operate ships across the fleet. There just aren't enough Merchant Marines to keep all the ships going at once, according to Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
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The U.S. military has suffered some recruiting problems over the past few years, most notably in the Army, which had to cut its force by 24,000 – roughly 5% of jobs – in 2024 to account for recruiting shortfalls. The Army stressed that it is not asking current soldiers to leave but is aiming to affect posts that have remained empty.  <<

This whole UFL story was BS from get go.