# A question for Vets and Active Duty...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-vets-and-active-duty/215209>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 25, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-vets-and-active-duty/215209 "2003-11-25T17:24:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-vets-and-active-duty/215209/41 "2003-12-03T20:15:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by yanceylebeef \*  
> I feel like I need to re-assert a couple of points in my OP…first of all, **Rjung** is completely uninformed about the quality, and caliber of the people who are serving in the military today.  
> **Ammo52** is correct, there are more people signing up than slots available. The services can and are more selective now than ever before. … I’m not even going to dignify this with a response. Dumbest thing I’ve seen writen down in a few months, and I work for the Federal Government, for crying out loud.

Uhm, I’m sure you’ve got some actual _cites_ to back up your assertions, and you just left them in your back pocket, right? Because just saying “I know more than you do” doesn’t fly very far around here, y’know. :wally:

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