Natural Born Killers

Future fun:

The Army and Marine Corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released Department of Defense statistics show.

Recruits were allowed to enlist after having been convicted of crimes including assault, burglary, drug possession and making terrorist threats.

And just think a few years down the road when some of these fellas, newly taught in the ways of war, try to reenter civilian life.

He said the Army never issues waivers for some types of offenses, including sexual violence, alcoholism and drug trafficking.

That's good to know.

And if the pool of "qualified" criminals isn't big enough there's always an old favorite:

The Army has accelerated its policy of involuntary extensions of duty to bolster its troop levels, despite Defense Secretary Robert Gates' order last year to limit it, Pentagon records show.

Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT) is unhappy about this and proposes a solution:

Shays said the nation needs a bigger Army. In the meantime, he urges the Pentagon to press more personnel from the Air Force and Navy into Army jobs.

When that doesn't produce a satisfactory result no doubt Shays will call for the deployment of the Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, and Cub Scouts.

Or perhaps he could get behind some plan to extricate the troops as quickly and as orderly as possible.

Nah.

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Comments

[sherry]

the southern poverty law center has been writing about white surpremist youth going into the military just for the training and being excepted even tho many have records. it's one of the reasons the military relaxed the rules on tattoos. another "good idea" from the republican administration!

[sherry]

"accepted" geez