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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
If that is what they are doing, why do they lower their recruiting goals? I would think if you are trying to increase the end force, you'd be increasing your goals?
Convicted felons in the military is up 60% this year (over 1000 listed this year alread). Last year the military had 12% of its new enlistments with criminal backgrounds. These numbers are record highs for the military.
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what you are forgetting is that this includes juvenile criminal records which I'm sorry to say includes me and many other GI's who have made mistakes when they were young. but you also have to think this is a different army then the go to war or go to jail army of the '80's these people are already convicted and don't have that choice.