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"These people do get looked at closely, but what it means is that even though there is a recruiting standard, that standard is not rock hard, and that's how we might get people in the service who have had mental problems," or black marks on their record, she said.
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But Army officials say there are many other factors at work, including alcohol abuse and a lowering of recruiting standards several years ago that allowed a higher-risk population into the military.
I know there are penalties from recruiting standards and issues with Calhoun's bluster, but I liked him because he never forgot he was a bootstrapper, and often praised scrappy opponents like Eastern Michigan, when they made the most of what they had.
According to the SPLC Intelligence Report "large numbers of extremists had infiltrated the armed forces in recent years by taking advantage of recruiting standards that were relaxed due to wartime manpower shortages".
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced a broad review of recruiting standards this week, saying he wants to ensure that rules are not "unnecessarily restrictive" on issues like fitness, tattoos, marijuana use and letting single parents enlist.
We also need to upgrade our recruiting standards for the commander in chief.
No doubt, Army recruiting standards have declined and should be upgraded.
But they amount to the first relaxation in Army recruiting standards since 1998, when a strong economy hurt military recruiting.
The combination of the scandal and the implementation of new recruiting standards handcuffed the program.
Mr. Gates said that he would not allow the Army to reduce recruiting standards to get the higher force numbers.
The units also have higher recruiting standards and more extensive entry-level instruction than regular Afghan police formations.
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