White recruitment is down. Hispanic recruitment is at record highs. IIRC, this is per capita. I suspect a lot of the Hispanics are illegal. They also lowered fitness and intelligence standards.
I recall reading that years back too. It probably started under Obama? Maybe even as far back as Clinton?
It kind of makes sense, a minor blotch on your record possibly means you're a prime candidate to "straighten out your life" by voluntarily joining the military. It's still a "sentencing option" to this day. I knew a fellow who took service in the US Coast Guard over a short time in jail & he did just that. Required to serve 4 years, stayed for 6 :>
White recruitment is down. Hispanic recruitment is at record highs. IIRC, this is per capita. I suspect a lot of the Hispanics are illegal. They also lowered fitness and intelligence standards.
I may be wrong, but I believe they're going easy on those with criminal records as well.
I recall reading that years back too. It probably started under Obama? Maybe even as far back as Clinton?
It kind of makes sense, a minor blotch on your record possibly means you're a prime candidate to "straighten out your life" by voluntarily joining the military. It's still a "sentencing option" to this day. I knew a fellow who took service in the US Coast Guard over a short time in jail & he did just that. Required to serve 4 years, stayed for 6 :>