recruiting may be getting harder but should not be at the expense of honor respectability and patriotism. The united states was built on freedoms and percieved by other nations as a nation of opertunities. We the military are professionals and are responsibile for those values.
What I would like to know is whether the armed forces are tracking these waivered souls through their time in service. If they can prove there is no discernible difference between their incidence of disciplinary actions, training failures and early outs, I see no reason not to continue the program no matter how awful it might look.
If, on the other hand, they are doing so at a high cost in those areas, it might be time to take another look. I find it troubling that the Army is not coming out with numbers to justify a program that has been in place at least four years.
wow, 100,000!! i dont think this should come as a surprise to anyone when you consider there is something like 12 million Americans currently on some kind of court supervision and that when federal, state and local laws are taken into consideration, the US has more laws and regulations than 100 modern countries combined as well as the worlds largest prison population and that the number of offenders added yearly to those ranks exceeds 100,000 as well.
If these waivered people are doing well then I say it should continue or there needs to be a draft to share the burden.
This article is over 13 months old, and reporting even on prior years. There ought to be statistics on the performance of these troops who had criminal waivers by now. Probably classified.
If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a politician, even if you can't hear the tree or the screams, I'll bet you'd at least hear the applause. Paul Tindale
Seems to be a replay of McNamara's 100,000. I do not recall any big study of those and how it played out. All they wanted at the time was for some new meat for the VN grinder. However, I bet a few made to to SGM.
Originally posted by SLDO: Seems to be a replay of McNamara's 100,000. I do not recall any big study of those and how it played out. All they wanted at the time was for some new meat for the VN grinder. However, I bet a few made to to SGM.
I bet you are right! So what's new here with this old news AP story? As you pointed out about the 100,000 replay no big study on the outcome. Some served, some were booted out, some died for our country, and some stayed and served with distinction until retirement.
