[Eric in the Ozarks]

Used to happen a lot in the mid-late 60s. But it was ARMY that got these guys.

[SJSAMPLE]

My father stole a car in 1953 and they sent him to the USMC.
My brother stole a car in 1981 and the Air Force took him.

I never stole a car and went Army, all the way !
Didn't need a judge or nothin' ;)

[wtc911]

Used to happen a lot in the mid-late 60s. But it was ARMY that got these guys.

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'Joint or join'.......I know two guys who ended up in Vietnam that way.

[MPJackal]

"Used to happen a lot in the mid-late 60s. But it was ARMY that got these guys."

That has changed. If a person tries to enlist rather than go to jail, they are automatically DISQUALIFIED! It may happen on occasion, but if it does, the kid lied or the recruiter hid it.

[stumpy]

When I took over my MARINE CORPS squad in 1967 Viet Nam, I was the only man in the squad who had enlisted of his own free will, without a "judge" offering me a choice. I had the best squad in the whole Bn.

One of my guys was a moonshiner. When it came time to do something, these guys were great to get it done so they could screw off. Best "com-shaw" artists around. Could scrounge whatever the Bn. needed.

[ansel12]

"Used to happen a lot in the mid-late 60s. But it was ARMY that got these guys."




And the navy, that is how my brother entered the navy in 1965.