Truth is, humans are more important than hardware. So we have to invest in our troops. You know who's not having a real big issue with recruiting? The Marine Corps. You know why The Marine Corps is not having such a tremendous issue with recruiting... because they haven't changed their standards. They've kept them the same. When young men and women, remember we're talking about 18 and 19 year old folks, they don't want to have all this strange extemporaneous issues to deal with. (06:12–06:20)
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Asserts that the Marine Corps maintains recruitment levels by not changing standards.
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