Sorry shuac and hello Jake

arsenault 185,
At work they only have CNN or Fox News on the tv so I don't remember which but there was a short mention one day about a month ago about the Army having more waivers than non waivers. If they don't have a draft, it is hard to fill the ranks so accepting whatever volunteers they get is understandable. The news story does not take into account the ones weeded out. Where as the Army and Marines have been building up to support the war the navy has been drawing down. Forget waivers and getting kicked out for almost anything is common these days. Lots of PT and body fat discharges. Almost all shore duty billets are being taken over by civilians. At last active duty assignment I was the last military to work there. They hired a civilian to work there. Go to USAJOBS or the Navy's CHART site and see all the jobs posted. In a few years the only way to get off a ship will be to push boots or recruit. The Navy uses the individual augmentees to apease the other services. Nobody escapes from some form of IA duty if they want to make a career.
MG I know what a LEO is. There is a glock talk site that you might like.

Old navy - I'm not sure why you thought that dog police thread appropriate to comment on political / military affairs,but i feel a reply is warranted anyway. first, I'll thank you for your service. I have been in the Army for 5 years, and yeah there are a lot of waivers in for criminal offenses, but to be honest, either they don't talk about it, or they get chaptered out real early. The Army separates a lot of soldiers before they complete their first term. Unfortunately, (and myself and a friend are working to get this changed) the Army is too focused on short term number.s So long as they fill the gaps, they don't care. They will just weed out the shit heads at a later point in time.

My last comment was not even posted. Well here it is again. I can't believe you guys did not know the name of the officer in the middle of this. Back to the question. I was referring to the lowest ranking cop is still an officer unlike the military. My language is cleaner than most on this site. What was the problem?
Payback, WTF are you saying?

He is the officer that pulled Gonzales over. Hey off the subject, why do cops get to start out as officers from the beginning?

Wow this is a really fired up crowd. MG, I was referring to the waivers for criminal offenses. That is the Army, sorry my mistake. They currently have more wavered recruits than not. Without a draft that will happen. I thank you for serving, if you got hurt permantly I am very sorry (really). Like I said in the email to you, I sterotyped you and I am sorry. I only have a problem with Paul Stephens comments. That is my opinion and it will not get him fired or reprimanded in any way. A petition cannot do anything, so those people are wasting their time. He did not violate any in place policy and animal cruelty laws don't cover this situation. As long as he does not pop off to his chain of commmand, he is good at work. I personally think he is a jerk but I don't think he needs death threats. It is a tough emotional situation. Just because someone would do anything for their dog or other animal does not make them a human hating serial killer. People as a whole are terrible to each other. Just look at the world today. The wonderful thing about living in the US is the freedom to do what we are doing now without being killed or thrown in prision for it.

Marinegunrock,
Don't lable me as a non-voting !@#$talker. I am registered and have voted for years. Personally all politicians have something to hide. I try to sort out the lesser of the evils. Our system isn't perfect but is still the best thing going. The best part is we still have the freedom to publicly disagree. Although the current republican has slightly altered that. I hate "do as I say not as I do". We will never know if that dog could have been saved. We should just ban emergency vets to remove the temptation, right.

Marinegunrock,
Thanks for serving, the compliments end there. I got my CAR in Desert Storm, you marines hate seeing those on a sailor. The Army and Marines do not have an exclusive on Iraq. There are plenty of sailors getting thrown in the mix without the training you guys get. Yes the Air Force too, but we won't talk about their amenities. I stuck it out to retirement. I hate you guys that do one enlistment and run your mouth as an armchair patriot. I wonder if you were in the unit that threw those dogs off a cliff over ther and filmed it for your sick humor. Nice recruiting video for the Marines, I bet you are proud.
I really love how your republicans took care of the economy. I like how Exxon decorated Prince William sound, but hey it was just wildlife not human. W had way more intelligence than Roosevelt did and Roosevelt knew a lot about upcoming events. Don't make me explain it, go back to school. I am not a democrat so drop that but I will never ever be a republican, they are just too sleezy for me. For the rest of you: Yes Stephens did his job, yes Gonzales broke the law. Give the ticket or arrest him and be done. The comments were not in any way required by Stephens to do his job. The ticket was given but dropped by the watch commander on duty(or whatever that department calls it). Stephens was in Iraq maybe he helped with the dog torture. You know there are more criminals in on waivers than actual patriots, no wonder this kind of stuff happens over there.

There is a lot of bad blood on both sides of this issue. It kills me that some claim to love their dog but in the same sentence talk about it as if it was an inanimate object. Some talk about only me only loving cute dogs. Well am just as sad about pit bulls dying because of people as a poodle. I would not share my house with either but doesn't mean I don't care. Is it shuac, well Jake would do for you what you would not do for him. You can call 911 for a child but it is perfectly OK to bypass that option and speed them to the hospital on their own. Now if you killed my kids while taking yours to the hospital, my kids just deserved to die right. You republicans are self superior hypochrites. Go ahead and attack the spelling.