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Originally Posted by theking
No there isn't a mass exodus and the article does not state that there is. They are not meeting recruiting goals and one of the reasons they are not meeting recruiting goals is they are trying to increase the end force of the military as the end force has been raised by Congress.
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If that is what they are doing, why do they lower their recruiting goals? I would think if you are trying to increase the end force, you'd be increasing your goals?
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Originally Posted by theking
They have always given legal immigrants a fast track to citizenship...this is not new. They do not knowingly enlist illegal immigrants. They are not accepting convicted felons but do now waiver certain misdemeanor. One may or may not be able to get a Presidential waiver for certain felonies (as one could during the second world war)...as I do not know if this has yet been reinstituted.
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Convicted felons in the military is up 60% this year (over 1000 listed this year alread). Last year the military had 12% of its new enlistments with criminal backgrounds. These numbers are record highs for the military.