The number of soldiers admitted with convictions was 511 in 2007 compared to 249 in 2006. The number of Marines with felonies rose from 208 to 350. Included in the list are some with sex crime convictions and others with manslaughter and gun offences.
They all sound perfect.
Believe the Duke of Wellington said something about his troops being ‘the scum of the earth’ during the Napoleonic Wars. Not suggesting that’s true of the US military’s new recruits, of course, but it shows how difficult it is proving to get significant numbers of volunteers to fight a war on several fronts.
The USAF did not admit anyone with any felonies, but then they’re generally not getting shot at in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or less dramatically, anyway.
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