Time to Open a Can of Worms - Weapon Data in OOB's

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MarkSheppard said:Desertion rates are a good eye into the "morale" of personnel, and it's very interesting to see that the USMC always has higher desertion rates than the Army; and it gets very pronounced in the late seventies; where the army goes down to 1.77 per hundred in 76, while the mAarines are at 6.92 per hundred.

There's an old quote about " Lies, Damned lies and statistics" that applies here

First off, the number of personal in either service is not equal. Percentages are a waste of time what are the totals ? And are these combat desertions or people who just walked away from training becasue it was too tough ?

I could easily say all this proves is that the "USMC experience" is a little too much for some of recruits who thought they WERE "tough enough" but found out they didn't fit the mould as well as they though they would.

Don