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House passes new mental health screening for recruits
Stars and Stripes ^ | May 22, 2014 | By Travis J. Tritten

Posted on 05/22/2014 7:57:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

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1 posted on 05/22/2014 7:57:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; ...

Active Duty ping.


2 posted on 05/22/2014 7:58:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

This is nothing more than demonization of our military. We have already seen that the present government wishes to take away weapons rights for veterans. That is what this is about.


3 posted on 05/22/2014 8:01:25 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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“It allows the military to establish a baseline so upfront you know who you are dealing with,” McCormick said. “If you’re a believer that more numbers are better, then this is something that you could definitely get behind.”

Oh, in the modern military, we know "who we are dealing with" and we also understand exactly what they want to "get behind".

4 posted on 05/22/2014 8:01:58 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I’ve been calling for this for years. There are too many mental defectives being allowed to join the military. When I joined in 1967, I took three days of psychological screening and another battery of exams when I joined the submarine service. We need to get back to that to eliminate all these suicidal personalities.


5 posted on 05/22/2014 8:02:05 PM PDT by MNnice
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To: Jet Jaguar

They need to classify believing in Islam as a mental disorder.


6 posted on 05/22/2014 8:03:29 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Do you think Harry Reid could pass this test?


7 posted on 05/22/2014 8:09:12 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

‘Mental Health’ will never be a substitute for Character and Integrity and Faith.

Normal upright kids will be turned into monsters if subjected to the constant stresses of service with no real moral support from superiors.

That they are clean going into the psychological meat grinder doesn’t say anything about how they will emerge on the other end.

This just gives Congress a pass on failure to promote integrity and morality in the armed forces.


8 posted on 05/22/2014 8:09:48 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Jet Jaguar

We need mental health screening for Congress (and the Presidency).


9 posted on 05/22/2014 8:12:58 PM PDT by JT Hatter (Who is Barack Obama? And What is He Really Up To?)
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To: Jet Jaguar

It is hard to imagine anyone joining the military today with Obumbo as Commander In Chief.


10 posted on 05/22/2014 8:20:47 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: MNnice

I totally agree with you. If recruits have to pass a physical, why not a psych exam? It used to be a normal thing.

Hubs is active duty and says that too many kids are misdiagnosed and over medicated as children. That it’ll eliminate good recruits.

I can see that point. If you’re going by their childhood records. But a current test shouldn’t be a problem.


11 posted on 05/22/2014 8:23:55 PM PDT by Marie (When are they going to take back Obama's peace prize?)
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To: Jet Jaguar

And why does this article not mention the several instances of Muslim’s killing several US soldiers at one time, not only at Ft. Bliss, Texas., but in Afghanistan by Afghani Muslims or by Muslims at recruiting centers in Arkansas, ad infinitum?

I suppose Stars and Stripes is now owned by ultra lib progressives as well.


12 posted on 05/22/2014 8:30:10 PM PDT by miele man
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To: Jet Jaguar

Guess what happens if they determine that you’re homophobic.


13 posted on 05/22/2014 8:31:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JT Hatter

We need mental health screening for Congress (and the Presidency).”

Really wish they would give all of them an MMPI and MCMI and publish the results. Don’t have to worry about Biden taking any tests. His results would have to be declared invalid.


14 posted on 05/22/2014 8:31:57 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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But a current test shouldn’t be a problem.”

All depends on who is doing the interpretation of the results.


15 posted on 05/22/2014 8:33:32 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
., orders the National Institutes of Health to create a universal mental health evaluation for potential recruits that would catch past suicide attempts and psychiatric disorders.

And sexual preference will not be a question?

16 posted on 05/22/2014 8:43:04 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: SkyPilot

It allows the military to establish a baseline so upfront ...........you know who you are dealing with

Recruits pass muster IF they take a secret vow fealty to the POTUS..if one refuses...one is deemed mentally unfit...and shipped off to the farm.


17 posted on 05/22/2014 8:49:46 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: MNnice

Every one in the Navy knows it takes a certain type of temperment to work on a sub. Not meant for your average sailor. You can’t be too claustrophobic. You have almost no privacy. You must be a quick study on your billet, because everyone literally depends on. the others properly doing their jobs. Even the air you breathe in a sub is the result of proper job performance. I was and am an intelligent man, but not on that; consistant level.


18 posted on 05/22/2014 9:40:43 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Jet Jaguar

Boot camp weeds out most of the whackos.


19 posted on 05/22/2014 9:52:54 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife

It does.

I remember about 7 or 8 didn’t make it in mine.


20 posted on 05/22/2014 9:54:51 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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