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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
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?
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.
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They do not lower their recruiting goals they lower their enlistment requirements to grow the size of the military. I think the current goal is to increase the end force by approximately 100,000...but I suspect this will increase as other hotspots develop.
What is the source for convicted felons. BTW...criminal backgrounds include traffic violations among other things.