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Just FYI...Felons Now Offered Army
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 86470" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Mikey, I agree with you too.</p><p></p><p>I'm old enough to remember the draft and the jail/Army option some were given. But they never actually took someone out of jail who was already in! It was an "alternative" to going to jail, and usually only for relatively minor, non-violent offenses. In fact, that's how my younger brother ended up in Viet Nam! Technically, he was a runaway when he was a Junior in HS, ran off with a girl a year or so younger who had a very bad family situation she was trying to get away from. He went in to the Army right away, got his GED in the military, and was sent to Viet Nam when he turned 19. </p><p></p><p>I have often thought too how different things would be if there was still a draft and most young men had to go through the "boot camp" experience and then do their couple of years in the military. Truth be told, in past times many a kid grew up and learned discipline and respect in the military. But todays kids are different. For one thing, the drug problem was there but nothing like it is today. And kids were just "different" back then. Schools were stricter, you didn't talk back to teachers or parents without consequences, kids accepted authority more than they do now. We knew who was in charge - and it WASN'T us!</p><p></p><p>Our Dept. of Correction has a boot camp program and it's not really very successful. If they meet the criteria (not over a certain age, only certain offenses, relatively short sentence) they can be offered the option of a year in the "boot camp" or do their entire sentence in a regular state prison. Of course, they take a lot of the "punks", the street corner drug dealers, the gang members. But most don't make it. They would rather do several more years in a state prison than accept the authority and regimented discipline of the boot camp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 86470, member: 1883"] Mikey, I agree with you too. I'm old enough to remember the draft and the jail/Army option some were given. But they never actually took someone out of jail who was already in! It was an "alternative" to going to jail, and usually only for relatively minor, non-violent offenses. In fact, that's how my younger brother ended up in Viet Nam! Technically, he was a runaway when he was a Junior in HS, ran off with a girl a year or so younger who had a very bad family situation she was trying to get away from. He went in to the Army right away, got his GED in the military, and was sent to Viet Nam when he turned 19. I have often thought too how different things would be if there was still a draft and most young men had to go through the "boot camp" experience and then do their couple of years in the military. Truth be told, in past times many a kid grew up and learned discipline and respect in the military. But todays kids are different. For one thing, the drug problem was there but nothing like it is today. And kids were just "different" back then. Schools were stricter, you didn't talk back to teachers or parents without consequences, kids accepted authority more than they do now. We knew who was in charge - and it WASN'T us! Our Dept. of Correction has a boot camp program and it's not really very successful. If they meet the criteria (not over a certain age, only certain offenses, relatively short sentence) they can be offered the option of a year in the "boot camp" or do their entire sentence in a regular state prison. Of course, they take a lot of the "punks", the street corner drug dealers, the gang members. But most don't make it. They would rather do several more years in a state prison than accept the authority and regimented discipline of the boot camp. [/QUOTE]
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