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William Bush • 9 hours ago

To be absolutely honest, this pisses me off to no extent. I was turned away from serving in the United States Air Force. I took the Officers' Qualifying Test and passed with flying colors, yet still denied. Now someone who may not even be loyal to the United States of America gets to serve where I, a law abiding citizen with a degree in Physics was turned away?! Unbefreakinglievable.

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Mark William Bush • 9 hours ago

I served 15 years and was pushed out into early retirement. At least the early retirement was offered instead of being given the boot 15 years into a 20 year career. Regardless, I'm now unemployed and struggling to make ends meet while criminals who aren't even citizens are being allowed to join. I'm right there with you, this is some BULL.
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Rob Tipton William Bush • 8 hours ago

I agree, William. Just so you know, the officer candidate pool is very shallow. Depending upon when you tried to get in, they may have been over the fiscal quota by then. And, it greatly depends upon career field.
I sympathize with you, though--and this new legislation pisses me off to no end.
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metalmagican William Bush • 6 hours ago

I get what you're saying, William. I commend your desire to serve in the military. But the point is that they didn't need another pilot. They needed an interpreter. Can you speak Arabic?
I'm worried about the loyalty of these "immigrants" too. I have a bad feeling this is going to blow up in our faces at some point in the (probably) not-too-distant future. We've already had that Army officer shoot up the military base (in 2013, was it?)
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docola metalmagican • 2 hours ago

Remember the pilots who trained in FL and PA and then flew the planes into the World Trade Center! That is what I am afraid of, how do they really know who is not affiliated with the bad guys? But I think we need to have more language schools and teach the Americans the languages more than ever before. That solution would be much safer for all of us. We also need to start teaching second languages way earlier than high school! In Germany we learned English starting in fourth grade, everyone did and then later they could add a third language which most do.
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docola William Bush • 2 hours ago

Remember just this summer all the soldiers and sailors and air personnel getting pink slips, surprising almost all of them when they haven't finished their 20 yrs. I understand if they are not getting ahead, but many were officers and also higher enlisted. Now we do this and recruit illegals? The pictures they had up before on another site looked like these guys just came across the border, not some who had been here since childhood. They are lying about that I am sure of it. This is really frustrating and what gives that president the right to do everything without the approval of Congress. He just does what he wants to do without regards to anyone.
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Mark • 9 hours ago

I was forced into retiring early at 15 years (even though I was in a career field that has become one of the most important in recent years) and now we're allowing people who have already demonstrated their inability to follow our laws?

Seriously, WTF.

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danielle Mark • 5 hours ago

Forced into retiring early? Medical or were u in trouble?
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Ferrari fan danielle • 4 hours ago

usually in a forced retirement situation it is because the career field has become "overstaffed". When I was in the Air Force there were several times they forced Senior NCO's to retire and even in the lower ranks gave them the choice to cross-train into a new career field or simply did not allow them to re-enlist. Doesn't always mean the person had medical issues or was a problem child.
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Thomas • 9 hours ago

Among the skills that are prized right now are an expertise in certain languages ........yea right ...... they no speak englisha even after being here for decades .... BUT I am sure all the ISIS members that snuck across our southern border speak arabic just fine .,....

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Al Mahany Thomas • 9 hours ago

Remember the Islamic Major who turned on his fellow soldiers and opened fire on them right in the Army base? It seems Obama did not remember.
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Harry Al Mahany • 9 hours ago

He remembers and hopes it happens more frequently.
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Chris Thomas • 4 hours ago

YEP!! That is what is gonna happen!
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Carl Borcherding • 9 hours ago

Let me get this straight, ...the government is DOWNSIZING the military, releasing THOUSANDS of QUALIFIED NCO's and Petty Officers, yet they still have critically understaffed MOS's and NEC's? Does anyone else have a problem with this? I'm certainly glad I served when I did (Navy, 1981-1997) because THIS crap would piss me off to no end if I were active duty today. This is what happens when you take the world's greatest military and turn it into a friggin social experiment.

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Rob Tipton Carl Borcherding • 8 hours ago

Yep--BIG problem, man!
Read what the AF did and implemented about 3 months ago....
This is bullshit!!!
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docola Carl Borcherding • 2 hours ago

Exactly! That is what I have been saying ever since the news came out. This is horrible what the president is now doing. another order against Americans and this country, he is putting us all in danger!
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Al Mahany • 9 hours ago

The requirements to qualify for DACA include entering the U.S. illegally before age 16

This is a quote right out of the article. So if someone comes here legally, he does not qualify for the program? In other words, better to sneak in than get a visa?

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Samuel Robinson Al Mahany • 7 hours ago

DACA is specifiacally for illegals, so legal immigrants have no need of DACA. Not that I believe DACA is legal, as it just encourages crime and hurts legal immigrants and citizens.
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Mike Brittain • 9 hours ago

What are we going to do have someone watch their backs while watching his buddies back too to make sure they both don't get shot?? We have honorable kids wanting to join and being turned away and the oath I took to go in the air force no longer applies so WTF?

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Harry Mike Brittain • 9 hours ago

Why do foolish people in USA vote into office persons who are not born in USA and they even tell you they want to transform our nation.
What do you all expect? And "You Vote Twice" For More Lies.
You get what you vote for: Abuse, Higher Taxes, Poor Health Care, Evil, Greed, Lies, Corruption, Death.
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Samuel Robinson • 9 hours ago

This is just opening up another avenue for terrorists. And this time, there is no denying that our government is directly responsible for any attacks that will most assuredly happen.

I'd say, when more attacks happen, that is when all true patriots should not hesitate to head to Washington, and rid the government of every one of the scumbags responsible.

P.S. Secret Service, this is not a threat, this is an expression of the 1st & 2nd amendments!

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Allen Lindsey • 9 hours ago

Hmmm... "Illegal" says it all. Lawbreakers or children of lawbreakers that know they are now breaking the law. Clearance level .... won't pass the ENTNAC of SECRET so how are we going to employ them in the military?

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SilverState • 8 hours ago

So, how many decimal points must one go out in order to calculate the percentage of people crossing our southern border that speak Chinese or Pashto, or have even rudimentary medical training? Geez, how many of them even know what Pashto is? How many would be able to correctly identify at least three countries on a map of the entire Middle East?
Something about this whole story doesn't pass the smell test. Not sure if it's sloppy reporting or some kind of mis/dis-information campaign.

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Ferrari fan SilverState • 4 hours ago

actually, iirc, this is part of the Dream Act nonsense that had been proposed. in order to give illegals a path to citizenship they could serve in the military for a certain number of years. very bad stuff.
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danielle SilverState • 5 hours ago

I agree and if they had these abilities why wouldn't they have a job in their own country why illegally come here
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llea • 9 hours ago

how stupid can they be---that's right give them a gun, educate them and the first time they get the chance they will turn on you with that weapon. it's idiotic!!!

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Leonard • 9 hours ago

The only thing I can see illegals can offer our military is that they can be cannon fodder ! ! ! ! ! !

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Allen Lindsey Leonard • 9 hours ago

That is why the French Foreign Legion recruited like they did. I am not knocking those men, they were treated like dogs and did serve the Legion honorably. (Yes, I am a veteran of the US military)
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Rob Tipton • 7 hours ago

This is just part of Obama's plan to destroy America from within.
Did anyone else take a good look at the requirements?
Besides the illegal status, two things jump right out:
--Must have completed HS/GED
--Military service

How would any of them have prior military service, unless they served Mexican military?!?!?

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Tom • 9 hours ago

I've got another idea. Have them build a 10 foot fence as their chance to stay. Getting food and water only.

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Titos Rando • 9 hours ago

I say if they want to come here and get the freebies I say ok, and your not deported but sent to the army and put them in the front lines to defend your new country for a 6yr tour. If They survive and come back to the states they become citizens and have earned the right to be called American. That should be the new direction we need to take, it strengthen are military and teaches them what it means to be Americans. With all the new illegals arriving this might make them take another look and what it means to be American.

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robert fee Titos Rando • 9 hours ago

Titos....ever heard of friendly fire...just one person could kill a lot of our soldier's. ...these are brothers in arms....would u trust them
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Kyra Dockery Titos Rando • 7 hours ago

Robert A. Heinlein wrote about joining the military for a set time to "earn" citizenship in a book from 1959 called "Starship Troopers." It was also made into a movie in 1997.
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Marc Daniels • 8 hours ago

What happened to the DOD Language Institute in Monterrey, CA? Special Forces are taught Pashto, Arabic, etc.

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robert fee • 9 hours ago

Why don't we just let them run the friggen cia

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Cyndi • 9 hours ago

Are you f****** kidding me...!!?

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Alex hernandez • 27 minutes ago

Don't get alarmed. I served from 1986 to 1992. In that time I had rudely find out that there were a vast majority of Filipino Nationals, Puerto Ricans, Spanish Nationals and citizens if the West Indies serving in our military. It's been going on for years.

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Guest • an hour ago

The part that bothers me is this comes after the Armed forces announced that due to budget cuts, about 30% or more of our current service men and women will be laid off/discharged. So while it is an interesting idea, it should go nowhere, as there are no openings because we can't afford a standing army if we have nearly half the population of the country on food stamps. So, Obama, doing political masturbation...

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Thomas Mcleese • 2 hours ago

GOOD PLAN BUT MAKE THEM SERVE AT LEAST 15 YEARS

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Kat McAvoy • 3 hours ago

Great as of we didn't have enough Pashto, Arabic etc speakers turning on our service men and women overseas. Now we can expect it in the homeland as well. Oh joy. These same genuises issuing orders also want us to lose our rights to arm ourselves.

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Chris • 4 hours ago

Sure doesn't make sense to put illegals into our military does it? This is one my plot from the HUSSEIN party to piss us off and piss on us too. What about learning ENGLISH! What about COMBAT TRAINING? What about taking in MUSLIMS? I am SURE THIS WILL BE NEXT and then we will not know the ENEMY from our own AMERICAN PATRIOTS! SOMEONE STEP UP MAN this is totally OUT OF CONTROL!

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Doug Wotton • 4 hours ago

time to get obama gone

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TNSnackman • 5 hours ago

Sign 'em up and teach them how to build fences.....very TALL fences.

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Dentgolf • 8 hours ago

I would never trust anyone who speaks in a language I am not familiar with.LOL

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JeffandBrenda Howard • 9 hours ago

Much ado about nothing.....this will only recruit 20-30 "specific" individuals. I worked JROTC in Phoenix, I had several GREAT young men and women who were brought here as infants. They excelled in school, sports and academics. Held leadership positions in JROTC and all they wanted to do was join the military, but were denied because of status. I knew these kids well. They wanted to serve THEIR country.

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Trish Duffey JeffandBrenda Howard • 9 hours ago

This is not THEIR country!
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tina Trish Duffey • 4 hours ago

I'm not going to say weather I agree with this or not, but lets get something straight , if you want to get real technical it is not your country either. It was taken by force from the native American nations, so although I do agree we have far to many coming over illegally, if you really want to serve justice any one who is not at least half native American would have to pack up and leave.
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Allen Lindsey JeffandBrenda Howard • 9 hours ago

I hate it, if they found out the hard way they were not legal Americans. Faulta nada excepto sus padre y madre.