Why dumb recruits cost the Army, big-time (2006)
I&#x27;ve been in the Army for 16 years. Dumb recruits are their bread and butter. They wouldn&#x27;t give them up for anything in the world. Independent thought,or intelligence in general, are strongly discouraged unless you&#x27;re lucky enough to be in one of the tiny,incredibly rare units that does something interesting.<p>The military desperately needs smart people, but they only begrudgingly allow them to exist.