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Dirty Little Secrets
Trolling the Pacific Islands for Troops
by James Dunnigan
November 25, 2005
Discussion Board on this DLS topic
Although the Australian armed forces need only
53,000 troops to be at full strength, there is a constant problem getting the
high quality people that makes this force so effective. So the government
proposes to use citizenship as a lure to attract desirable recruits from the
many small island nations in the Pacific. Many of these nations, like Fiji, are
known to produce excellent soldiers. Australia hopes to attract up to 2,000
experienced military men from the Pacific islands. Australia is considered a
desirable place for young Pacific islanders to migrate to. But Australia is
picky about who they let in, preferring migrants with needed skills. While
there are few engineers or college instructors in the Pacific islands, but
there are a lot of experienced, English speaking, soldiers, often with
peacekeeping experience, and willing to move to Australia for the bigger
paycheck and citizenship.
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