Posted on 11/14/2017 9:18:55 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Army lifting ban on bipolar, self-mutilating recruits 'a red flag'- 'This was a decision made by people from the Obama admin, not Trump'.
The U.S. Army is lifting an ban on recruits with a history of mental illness as a means of boosting recruiting numbers, a unilateral decision that could damage readiness and actually hurt the effort to recruit quality young Americans to serving their country in uniform.
The Army made the decision in August, but it is only making it public now as it fears efforts to recruit 80,000 new soldiers by September 2018 may fall short. Americans who deal with bipolar disorder, depression, self-mutilation or drug and alcohol abuse are now eligible to be recruited, although the Army insists it will screen such applicants vigorously to ensure they are fit for service.
That’s not good enough for Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly.
“This is not a good sign,” Donnelly told WND and Radio America. “At least one expert quoted in the USA Today story said that when you induct people who have psychological problems, it is definitely a red flag. Those psychological problems often get worse in the military. Rates of suicide in the military are much higher than in the civilian world.”
She said one of the recruiting headaches is that a growing number of young people are not physically fit for the military, but she said that shouldn’t trigger a sliding standard on mental health.
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I don't care who it was made by! Where is Mattis???
What could go wrong.
Bring back the draft.
The U.S. Army is recruiting people to work for crummy pay as mercenaries for global corporations and foreign governments in Third World sh!t-holes all over the planet.
Ya think maybe any normal human being would take a pass on that career opportunity?
The United States has become silly.
Bring back the draft and draft WMEN also!
Well, maybe they can run two miles fast.
make no mistake this is really all about paving the way for more gays, bi-sexuals, transexuals, ect since they are the ones most likely to have a history of mental illness, self mutilate,ect.
That gets the WTF award, eh? Thanks BlackFemaleArmyCaptain.
As a general statement: a Volunteer force will tend to be a dedicated team of quality people who serve gladly and willingly. That’s a powerful thing. If you allow crazy people to enter that mix, then a whole lot of degradation goes on.
Corollary: Given the SJW/Safe Space people in our general population, if we ever try to draft those people to fill out the ranks, we will just be asking for trouble. The typical young American simply will not fight. That’s precisely why a strong Volunteer force is so important.
I see this particular move as basically sabotage against our effort to win wars.
>make no mistake this is really all about paving the way for more gays, bi-sexuals, transexuals, ect since they are the ones most likely to have a history of mental illness, self mutilate,ect.
We have a thread winner!
Yeah, put a couple bipolar self-mutilators on a nuclear sub, let’s see what happens.
All this just to let FAGS serve.
So tired of giving a $hit about something I dont recognize any more. Lazy America better hope no one seriously wants to throw down in the dessert, till we can filter this liberal BS out of the works.
I’m hoping this is more FAKE NEWS!!!! Have we gone COMPLETELY nuts??
I’m hoping this is more FAKE NEWS!!!! Have we gone COMPLETELY nuts??
The better choice is purging social justice from the military at all levels and welcoming sane conservatives again.
Yes, and this was found to be the case with Bradley Mannning.
But the Army passed him along, regardless.
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