The days are gone when just about anyone could walk into a recruiter’s office and sign up for the military – whether it be to help pay for college or get themselves ‘straightened out’ for some personal issue they have or trouble with the law.
The Pentagon estimates that only about 25% of applicants are now qualified.
“Five years ago, if a kid had gotten caught with a (marijuana) joint in his car, that person would be pretty much a shoo-in” to enlist under a waiver, states Army recruiter Terrence Hoard. “Now you’re not authorized.”
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I would not join with a scumbag like Obama in charge.
Unqualified Americans yet the Democratic senate wants to push Obama’s plan to fill the military with illegal aliens. I find it hard to believe Americans are not qualified and illegals are qualified. I guess the main difference is that illegals will shoot citizens.
Will ILLEGALS be able to apply? Will our government turn them loose to kill Americans? I wonder……………
Uniform- all are the same.
but they want illegal aliens who don’t speak english…..what a joke this admiinistration is.
I BET YOU IF AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WANTED TO JOIN, OR A MUSLIM,..THEY WOULD BE USHERED RIGHT IN SO FAST, A FLEA ON A DOGS BACK WOULD NOT HAVE A CHANCE…
Shrinking our arm forces!!! Ohblaimer pisses me off!!!!
LMAO! YOU ALL JUST WAIT TILL ALL THE $#%&!@*ING ILLEGALS START TO SIGN UP! THAT $#%&!@* , MY FRIENDS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED! PERIOD!
another way around &destroy the U.S.constitutions. and destroy the republic .we need. a strong military not H.L.S.D.O.A.ECT.
It’s hard o believe that the pResident wouldn’t qualify to be in the military (marijuana use) but he “is qualified” to rule…err, run our country (into the ground, that is!)