As my original hand picked recruits form the pre generated Soldier List die painful, horrible and mostly embarrassing deaths, their places are taken up by unknowns from the pool.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to hire recruit from the pregenerated list. That way you would get the correct picture and background with the name. This could be something as basic as putting in the number and hoping for the best regarding the stats you end up with.
There would have to be something to prevent you selecting the same soldier over and over again.
Pvt: Sir, that's the tenth thothkins clone you've sent to certain death.
Sgt: Teach him to sidetrack my thread.... get me another darn clone...