You gotta admit though, it makes a good premise for an action adventure movie.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Robert Stennett <[email protected]>wrote: > This is not surprising to me - the Navy, in particular, has been known to > actively recruit gang leaders to join the Seals. Kinda like recruiting the > Taliban to fight Russian invaders in Afghanistan, back in the 80s. > > > Barry > > > > > > On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: > > These people need housebreaking.**** > REH**** > From Military.com**** > *The U.S. military is facing a "significant criminal threat" from gangs, > including prison and biker gangs, whose members have found their way into > the ranks, according to an FBI-led investigation.* > *Some gang members get into the military to escape the streets, but then > end up reconnecting once in, while others target the services specifically > for the combat and weapons training, the National Gang Intelligence Center > says in a just-released 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment/Emerging > Trends.<http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/2011-national-gang-threat-assessment> > * > *Whatever the reasons, it's a bad mix.* > *""Gang members with military training pose a unique threat to law > enforcement personnel because of their distinctive weapons and combat > training skills and their ability to transfer these skills to fellow gang > members," the report states. Gang members have been reported in every branch > of the armed forces, though a large proportion of them have been affiliated > with the Army, the Army Reserves or Army National Guard, it says.* > *The gang report is the third by the NGIC since 2005 and includes the most > information yet on gangs in the military. The 2005 report made no mention of > gang members in the armed forces, while the 2009 report devoted two > paragraphs to the problem and listed 19 gangs said to include > military-trained members.* > *The NGIC is a multi-agency operation -- federal, state and local – headed > up by the FBI to bring together intelligence on gangs and gang activity.* > *The latest report devotes four pages to the problem and lists about 50 > gangs with members with military backgrounds.* > *In the past three years, it states, law enforcement officials in more > than 100 jurisdictions have encountered, detained or arrested a gang member > who was on active-duty or a former service member.* > *Younger gang members, who do not have arrest records, are reportedly > making attempts to join the military, and also attempting to conceal any > gang affiliation, including tattoos, during the recruitment process.* > *And given the large U.S. military footprint overseas, gangs and gang > dependents have found their way onto bases from Japan to Germany and > Afghanistan and Iraq, where the center recorded instances of gang graffiti > on military vehicles.* > *The report also specifically relates the 2010 cases of three former > Marines arrested in Los Angeles for selling illegal assault weapons the > Florencia 13 gang, and a U.S. Navy SEAL charged in Colorado with smuggling > military-issued machine guns and other weapons from Iraq and Afghanistan > into the U.S.* > *"Gang members armed with high-powered weapons and knowledge and expertise > acquired from employment in law enforcement, corrections or the military may > pose an increasing nationwide threat, as they employ these tactics and > weapons against law enforcem4nt officials, rival gang members and > civilians," the NGIC report says.* > *The NGIC assessment is not the first to look at the rising problems of > gang members in the military. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division has > done a number of them over the years. It found the number of investigations > of gang-related violent crimes rising to 9 in 2005, after several years of > decline, with just 3 the year before.* > *Most Soldiers found linked to gangs are junior enlisted members, CID > found.* > *"Overall, military communities continue to be a more stable, secure and > lawful environment than their civilian counterparts, especially given recent > access control and other security enhancements," Army CID concluded.* > * * > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Sandwichman
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