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giftedgirl77

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7. The Army needs to be reduced because they pretty much
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 02:17 PM
Feb 2014

gave up any & all standards to get enough ppl in to meet the demands of Iraq & Afghanistan. They allowed ppl in that were convicted of crimes ranging from vehicular homicide to not being able to read. Granted manyof them ended up being kicked out or convicted of some other type of crime eventually but common sense should come into play at some point that the drawdown numbers are going to decrease. There are many ppl that need to be put out because they haven't made any progress in several years & are just taking up space. This is what happens when conflicts end.

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