Local Military Recruiting Hits All-Time High

Lt. Chris Stone, Michigan National Guard: "I think there are a lot of reasons, we have some great cash bonus and recruiters, but that will not increase the numbers alone."

JAG Hunter memo to Lt. Stone: Correction -- cash money pay outs will, by themselves, increase recruiting numbers. Here's a factoid as true as recruiting during conflicts is hard: Enlistment rates rise as the amount of the cash bonus goes up. More money, more recruits. From this little piece of common sense was coined (pun intended) the phrase, "Soldiers of Fortune."