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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they are giving out pink slips, remember!
Many generation s grew up with one parant & No Father Figure the you wonder Why are Kids are hateful & spiteful No Daddy s Disaplin or Rod of Fatherly instruction , then through in Dope
In a “bad economy” the military can be more picky……and with today’s technology, they don’t need soldiers, just mindless drones to operate drones……and america is full of them!!!!! I hear they reject you for bad credit ratings now too……go figure.
Who would join the military under Obama? You’d have to be crazy
BUT ILEAGLES ARE EXCEPTED, THEY ARE BUILDING AN ARMY THAT WILL FIRE UPON AMERICANS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE..BUT WE STILL OUT NUMBER THEM 1000 TO ONE
It’s there plan.
Well, Christians and Jews sure aren’t wanted anymore! So, I guess that leaves the Atheists and Perverts to defend us.
It’s called “down sizing” the military so we can not defend our nation!!! WAKE UP FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!!
i realise this is the current administrations doing but its going to come back and bite us and of that i have no doubt. that along with many other things this administration has been up to
Yeah, but they don’t have f-16’s, or Apache helocopter, aircraft carriers or artillery like the military does, they will still be out gunned by any of our miltary forces