Posted on 05/07/2006 11:08:55 AM PDT by T-Bird45
Bad food could lead to a Parachute that's packed with a bed sheet for a canopy.
We had a guy in our basic training platoon(Ft. Ord, Ca. 1975)who was an escapee from a mental institution. He was carted away a couple of weeks into the cycle.
Army easing rules on tattoos Possible recruits no longer rejected because of body art
BY MARK MAZZETTI LOS ANGELES TIMES
The Army has a message for the growing legions of flamboyantly tattooed American teens: Uncle Sam wants even you.
Facing one of the worst recruiting climates in the all-volunteer military’s history, the Army has decided to relax standards that dictate which parts of a soldier’s body can be festooned with body art. Specifically, the service now will accept recruits with tattoos on their neck and hands.
The service has long prohibited soldiers from having tattoos on places that are not covered by a dress uniform. But after missing Army recruiting goals last year, commanders are looking for every way possible to expand the pool of candidates.
http://www.ardemgaz.com/ShowStoryTemplate.asp?Path=ArDemocrat/2006/04/30&ID=Ar00901&Section=National
Re-read the article -- the football player is the step-brother to the boy with autism.
Agreed that EOD is dangerous but the Cav Scout is usually out there on the bleeding edge, too. A matter of perspective, to be sure. Mostly the "dangerous job" nomenclature comes from the reporter being willing to swallow somebody's line of BS.
Jared's story illustrates a growing national problem as the military faces increasing pressure to hit recruiting targets during an unpopular war."
Wow ... several media cliches all rolled up into a single sentence. how do they do it? Hot-keys for these things?
That's not true anymore. You can get in with tattoos, drug users (assuming you aren't completely out there anymore and promise to not use drugs while in the military) get waivers and unless you are grotesquely obese, they will still sign you up.
The tatoo rules are service specific...I'm talking about the hurdles all recruiters face...when you subtract the non high school grads and then add the other disqualifiers, the pool shrinks quickly.
The stats are that only about 30 percent of the 18-24 year olds in this country are qualified for military service.
The truth is 7 out of 10 kids don't qualify!
Not quite.
If you pass the AssFlab, chances are they will find a way to get you in.
Exactly why he refused to lie ... he was hoping to go into the intelligence field.
At direct support level maintenance, 43 Mike was canvas and glass repairer. Nearly obsolete now.
Or it could be a good break for the kid. Autism effects people in different ways. Some autistic people are extremely skilled at certain tasks.
This part just bothers me. Which is it, Mom? Is he normal or not? It seems to me if he had the modified diploma this wouldn't have even come up because the Army wouldn't have even looked at him. The fact she is now saying he's not qualified for the Army means he probably shouldn't have the diploma he has.
He would have been born during WW II. I think that was pre-thalidomide. I'm pretty sure he said polio did it.
But it's been a few miles since then and now.
"increasing pressure to hit recruiting targets during an unpopular war."
Scrolled back up and saw it was the Oregonian.
Pisses me off even further that I just wasted 5 minutes of my Sunday.
Given that Portland Oregon is a bastion of leftist socialism liberals, rivaled only by Seattle and San Francisco, I have a hard time accepting the story as written. Parts may be somewhat true, but when it comes to bashing our Military, I don't trust anything that comes out in the Oregonian.
The Oregonian and the Columbian are the two papers offered here and I refuse to buy either one.
As written, there is no need to investigate anything, the recruiter should be hanged, plain and simple. Truth or outcome of an investigation be d*mned.
My husband was in a Smoke Generator unit out of Old Camp Kilmer, NJ - 7315
Thalidomide was first marketed in 1957. I was born in 1956. The person you referenced would have been 18+ in 1960, thus born before the drug was marketed. I saw a few people affected because they were close to my age and in school at the same time.
Probably to OCS
Portland's lefties have forced out military recruiters under the dubious guise of 'don't ask don't tell being discriminatory. Yeah, it discriminates so we will have the best military bar none.
This article is likely a part of Portland's hatred of anything Bush, or American for that matter.
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