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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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
Liserann Fleming
Makes me so angry!!
There will come a day when it all reverses sadly. They learn the hard way over and over.
They’re only taking Muslims and gays, fitting the Obama profile.
Always that way to be a MARINE!
I think certain branches should be that way marines , seals, but regular grunts in the army they should take anyone within reason .. It has straightened a lot of ppl out and we need more of the young generation today to learn respect and direction to many parents out there don’t teach that!
They are making there moves to finish this nation
Sad
Just remember, it was civil authoritarian (read: conservative) prohibitions (like condoms, then booze, then gold, then cannabis) that eventually led to paramilitary policing in the 1970s. After a generation, we accept guns drawn on dairy farms and grenades on toddlers.
The one party that doesn’t want to see cops exclusively armed with impunity is also the same party that worships them as gods, so both parties are controlled there. Neither one will do jack. One believes fighting is wrong and the other believes it’s so right that they cheer on those who make a living picking fights with peaceful folks.
We deserve whatever the hell we get. Half of us are pussies and the other half are retards.