I'd like to see some independent verification of that, given that the Army Times is a military sponsored paper.
I found this bit interesting: "The information has not been released to the public, but the AP obtained a copy of the study. The statistics show that recruits with criminal records or other drug and alcohol issues have more discipline problems than those without records. Those recruits also are a bit more likely to drop out of the Army because of alcohol." So they get busted more often, are pain in the ass, insubordinate and more likely to be drunk. That's the new army for you. Sounds like the military from the 70's a bit. >So there has been a lot of debate lately about the Army and Marine's use >of moral waivers to attract more people into their ranks. A lot of >pundits say that the military is lowering their standards to fill the >ranks and that that could cause problems down the road. So the military >did a three year study and found that although recruits that have a >criminal record or a record of drug/alcohol abuse tend to get in more >trouble, they also take their military service more seriously, get >promoted faster and perform better in combat. Related story here: > >http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_MilitaryWaivers_052908/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259344 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
