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To: bentway who wrote (619391)	7/14/2011 4:31:36 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1577893

Decades ago that happened. Not anymore.

To: bentway who wrote (619391)	7/14/2011 5:02:57 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577893

>> A lot of soldiers enlist straight out of local, small town jails.. Your statement is a lie designed to bash the American military and its soldiers. Not to say it couldn't happen, but as a general rule the military does not want, and does not allow, criminals. Over the course of the three years when recruits were most in demand, a total of some 100,000 persons were granted waivers, amounting to maybe 15%. But these individuals generally are NOT "straight out of jails" -- more typically, persons with misdemeanor offenses in their history. A neighborhood kid who enlisted in the CG had to get a waiver for a public intox from five years before -- when he wasn't even of age. This is hardly "straight out of jail". Very few who have spent any real time in jail would be allowed in the military. And none for serious crimes, I suspect. Certainly not "a lot".