Military recruiting violations rise: GAO

[sabra]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2311909

Military recruiting violations rise: GAO


Aug 14, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allegations of wrongdoing by U.S. military recruiters jumped by 50 percent from 2004 to 2005, and criminal violations such as sexual harassment and falsifying documents more than doubled, a congressional agency said on Monday.

The Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative agency, said the full extent of violations by military recruiters is unknown because the Defense Department does not have an oversight system.

While the GAO said available information likely underestimated the problem, it showed that allegations of recruiter wrongdoing increased to 6,600 cases in fiscal year 2005 from 4,400 a year earlier.

Substantiated cases rose to almost 630 cases from 400, and criminal violations jumped to 70 from about 30, it said.

[Barrett808]

1. But didn't we read last week that recruiters are hitting their targets?

I thought military recruiting was healthy and unaffected by the Iraq quagmire.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. It is, when you consider...

That the Army has repeatedly lowered the recruitment goal, and then uses unethical, even illegal, tactics to meet the lowered goals.

[Thor_MN]

6. They only left out one little word. They were hitting ON their targets

[saigon68]

3. A Lakeshore Marine Is Bound Over For Trial THE FEW THE PROUD

A Lakeshore Marine Is Bound Over For Trial

http://wfrv.com/topstories/local_story_188172930.html

Jul 8, 2006 9:42 am US/Central

(WFRV) A Lakeshore Marine recruiter accused of sexually assaulting three high school girls is bound over for trial.

29-year-old Donny Rage is accused of sexually assaulting three girls between the ages of 16 and 18 that he met during recruiting stops at area schools.


Rage still faces four sexual assault charges. Two witnesses took the stand at today's preliminary hearing.

[Barrett808]

4. Wow. "Donny Rage."

That's almost...Pynchonesque.

[saigon68]

5. Apparently his "organ" was raging