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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disgusting
with iran getting the nukes we need the military
Good.
For real….
We have more than enough military. We could send 170,000 troops to iran (basically the entire Marine Corps, at least 4 times the number that have ever been in iraq or afghanistan at once) and still have the entire navy, army, air force and coast gaurd (1 million + troops) at home or other overseas stations
muslims are taking over america
In my day, the only requirement was to be at least Warm
This has been going on for a while! The standards are high now. No more high school dropouts. Kids avoiding jail. It goes on and on! Most shouldn’t be able to hold a gun.
And to think, the worse of it is that all the other countries see and hear this. This is music to thier ears
I’ll be asleep not the shovel ready job he was talking about in his campaign speech