"The Woodsman" <FunnyGeorge@CrawfordRanch.net> wrote in news:uoDAi.863$z_5.350@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com: Army Lures Thousands Of Recruits Into Deployment With $20,000 Bonus More than 90 percent of the Army's new recruits since late July have accepted a $20,000 "quick ship" bonus to leave for basic combat training by the end of September, putting thousands of Americans into uniform