WASHINGTON – The task of signing up people for military service has become much more difficult since the Iraq war and, as a result, much more expensive.
In fact, in per-enlistee terms, recruiting costs have more than doubled over the past 20 years – from about $7,000 per recruit in 1985 to more than $16,000 per recruit in 2005, according to a report for the Defense Department titled “Recruiting an All-Volunteer Force.”
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