Friday, November 12, 2004

Free Pink T-Shirts Get Women in the Army

The Army National Guard, which has fallen short of recruiting goals during the fighting in Iraq, is trying new marketing ideas here in Ohio. One especially upsetting idea is to use pink t-shirts to recruit more women.

The pink T-shirts bear the words "Soldier Girl" to get the attention of potential recruits. The first order of 800 went quickly.

"A lot of young ladies are under the impression they can't be feminine if they join the military," Sgt. Weston said. "I wanted to dispel that myth."

2 comments:

Kelly said...

Sgt Weston is an accomplished liar, is he not?

Tim said...

What makes it worse, is that Sgt Weston is a she...
Maybe they should also try high-heeled combat boots?