Comments on: Out of Jail and Into The Army http://www.ustvmedia.org/support-our-troops/2006/02/06/out-of-jail-and-into-the-army/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Randy http://www.ustvmedia.org/support-our-troops/2006/02/06/out-of-jail-and-into-the-army/#comment-8 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:25:01 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/support-our-troops/2006/02/06/out-of-jail-and-into-the-army/#comment-8 Using the word waivers is very generic. I like sound reporting, but this is not it. Had they included the percentage of the types of waivers, then maybe it would have been good reporting. But to say the use of waivers is up 32% from last year. I would have been real impressed had the reporter dug into the Moral Waivers. When I enlisted back in ’89 you could not have EVER used coke and not used pot more than 3 times. Given the liberal attitude of colleges these days, maybe the increase is because of recreational drug use. We don’t know. The reported did not provide all the facts. For the record, I was enlisted under a waiver because I had major reconstructive surgery on my thumb. In my case it was a medical waiver and not a moral waiver. Using the word waivers is very generic. I like sound reporting, but this is not it. Had they included the percentage of the types of waivers, then maybe it would have been good reporting. But to say the use of waivers is up 32% from last year. I would have been real impressed had the reporter dug into the Moral Waivers. When I enlisted back in ’89 you could not have EVER used coke and not used pot more than 3 times. Given the liberal attitude of colleges these days, maybe the increase is because of recreational drug use. We don’t know. The reported did not provide all the facts.

For the record, I was enlisted under a waiver because I had major reconstructive surgery on my thumb. In my case it was a medical waiver and not a moral waiver.

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