Army lifts waiver ban for recruits with history of depression: ‘It is a red flag’

The Washington Times ^ | November 13, 2017 | Douglas Ernst

[M Kehoe]

I would hope the new Secretary of the Army would change this insane policy.

Sorry, just saw that.

5.56mm

[jazusamo]

Bump!

[demkicker]

This is the results of 8 years of Obama screwing up the military and being stuck with far too many of his military hires making HORRIBLE decisions.

[taxcontrol]

Self mutilation or the desire for self mutilation, either with our without the benefit of a medical procedure, (i.e. trans gender either pre or post op) should be evidence of a mental disorder and automatically disqualify for military service

[Buckeye McFrog]

Occam’s Razor Answer: We’ve gone hog-wild prescribing antidepressants to teenagers to the point where virtually none of them would get in.

[jazusamo]

Off the Wall Ping!

Contact to be added.

[xzins]

General Keane ecplained this morning. The army has been given the go ahead to get bigger the recruiting goal from last year has gone up by 20k+ from mid 60k to mid 80k.

Thos first year, anyway, they have a waiver to take those with certain mental flags if their doctors will sign they are now ok.

[Cicero]

This is still the military leadership promoted by Clintbilly, the Booshes, and Obamanoid. The leaders are mostly concerned training their subordinates in gender-bending. They’ll promote transsexuals and lesbians, but dismiss Christians and “homophobes.”

Trump has started to fix things, but the top levels are pretty bad, as we saw in recent stories about Navy commanders.

[jazusamo]

I think General Keane is a straight shooter, did he agree with this?

He was beside himself with the judge in the Bergdahl fiasco.

[Nothingburger]

If you follow the news and you’re not depressed, there’s something wrong with you.

[oh8eleven]

This is not a first ... ever hear of Project 100,000?

"Project 100,000 (also McNamara's 100,000) was a 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD)
to recruit soldiers that would previously have been below military mental or medical standards.

Project 100,000 was initiated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in October 1966 to meet the
escalating manpower requirements during American involvement in the Vietnam War ..."

I enlisted USMC in 1966 and always wondered how some of the guys I encountered got into the service.

[CivilWarBrewing]

What good is a mass shooter unless he is TRAINED to shoot?

The Deep State WANTS more mass shootings in order to sway public opinion AGAINST the 2nd Amendment!

And we are STILL allowing terrorists to enter our country with visas from terrorist states.

It seems Trump is only a figurehead and the Deep State is STILL in control of our gubmint. Unless and until Obama, Brennan, Hillary, Huma, Cheryl, Susan Rice, Loretta, Comey, Holder, Clapper, Pagliano, Samantha Power, Koskinen, Lerner and their ilk are sent to PRISON I am convinced Trump is ONLY A FIGUREHEAD.

[TheTimeOfMan]

Thank you Mattis - you idiot.

[xzins]

Yes, he was ok with it if the doc gave an all clear.

[jazusamo]

Thanks, though I’m still a bit skeptical. :)

[treetopsandroofs]

“That guy in Texas was Air Force.”

I had only hear of this one, by a muslim with a cleansed motive.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/03/24/army-us-soldier-acted-out-resentment-in-grenade-attack.html

[xzins]

I expect a lot of them will be returning soldiers who got out with ptsd flags. Just a guess.

[JimRed]

So they can let in more homosexuals, no doubt. That’s another swamp in need of drainage.

[JimRed]

Self mutilation or the desire for self mutilation, either with our without the benefit of a medical procedure, (i.e. trans gender either pre or post op) should be evidence of a mental disorder and automatically disqualify for military service

The left considers anyone who is willing to fight and risk his life for God and Country to be a mental case, so mental cases in service are their standard.

[montag813]

Why do we need more recruits for the Army? Seems to me we need a smaller military, not a larger one