A STORY ABOUT AMERICA'S "ALL VOLUNTEER" MILITARY

U.S. Sailor Gets Life for Killing Japanese Cabbie

Olatunbosun Ugbogu, a 23-year-old Nigerian citizen serving in the U.S. Navy, was found guilty of stabbing 61-year-old Masaaki Takahashi to death near a U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo

Contributed by Sergeant of Marines Timothy Joseph Harrington

Not the best or brightest: Increased granting of 'moral waivers' dangerously lowers standards for military recruits

The savage conflict in Iraq has placed enormous stress on even the most level-headed, scrupulous of soldiers. Abu Ghraib and other moral lapses should be incentive enough to redouble efforts to enlist the best and the brightest. Instead, it seems that the lowering of standards will have the opposite effect.

TRIAL LAWYERS AND FELONS IN THE BATTLESPACE...A MATCH MADE IN THE PENTAGON!

Military Grants More Waivers to Recruits

"More than half of the Marine recruits needed a waiver in 2006, a bit higher than in 2003, and largely due to their more strict drug requirements. Felony waivers made up about 2 percent of the Marine waivers, while other lesser crimes made up about 25 percent, both up slightly from 2003."