| How do you feel about convicted felons in the US miliary? Does military have no
other choice ?? More convicted felons allowed to enlist in Army, Marines
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Under pressure to meet combat needs, the Army&Marine Corps brought in significantly more recruits with felony convictions last year than in 2006, including some with manslaughter& sex crime convictions.
Data released by a congressional committee shows the number of soldiers admitted to the Army with felony records jumped from 249 in 2006 to 511 in 2007. The number of Marines with felonies rose from 208 to 350..Those numbers represent a fraction of the more than 180,000 recruits brought in by the active duty Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007. The bulk of the crimes involved were burglaries, other thefts, & drug offenses, but 9 involved sex crimes & 6 nvolved manslaughter or vehicular homicide convictions. Several dozen Army&Marine recruits had aggravated assault or robbery convictions, including incidents involving weapons.
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