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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:41 PM Original message |
Parents of barely 17 year-old recruit say Army forged their signatures |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was wondering how long it woud take |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Actually, I think joininhg the military has been an option for |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It was for one person I know |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. This is an outrage! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, well, I'm sure he did something really bad to get sent there. |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. maybe |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Either way, the story is disturbing. nt |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How difficult would it be to prove that the |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. an army full of criminals. how nice nt |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. With new school year around the corner, time to remind parents |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. This is the first year that our high school has sent a letter home, |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Be prepared |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. What??? |
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Hav (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. . |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm slightly sceptical about this. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Your last sentence seems plausible, but the army has never had |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Sure, but there's a world of difference between accepting somebody |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Just making a wild guess here...you haven't been around very many |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Most of the army or pre- or post- army people I've met |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. My experience, like yours is purely anecdotal ... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You should Google up the excellent Vanity Fair article on recruitment... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I think the real story here is that the army would even need to recruit... |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. I swear Utah instantly came to mind, Hatch will defend it, no doubt. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think any underage kid should be held to what his parents did... |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. There should be a minimum age of say 21 or something to join |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The military always recruits young people because they are malleable |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. And add to that, the powerlessness of being in prison. n/t |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Yes - they go for the vulnerable: young, minority, in prison |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. when the time came up |
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FILAM23 (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. If thet were forged |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
28. The army recruiter I visited four years ago was completely ethical |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. ha,ha,ha! You're kidding, right? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No, I'm not kidding. That's what took place. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. You claimed it was an aberration... |
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iwillalwayswonderwhy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. That was NOT my daughter's experience |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Did you report the recruiter? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
30. hmmm dupe post |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. Oh carry on... The decider has decided to make use of that |
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