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| Top Army officer says 'significant amount' of soldiers' crime data not reported to feds |
| 2017-11-16 |
| [FoxNews] The Army’s top officer said Wednesday that his service had many "gaps" to fill when it comes to sharing soldiers' criminal history with federal law enforcement agencies in the wake of this month's Texas church shooting, which was carried out by an Air Force veteran with a history of domestic violence. "We have a significant amount of omissions," admitted Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff. "There are gaps and failures on our part." Milley was the first service chief outside the Air Force to publicly admit to widespread lapses in sharing data on violent service members. Milley said about "10 to 20 percent" of Army criminal cases are not reported to the FBI. Roughly 150 soldiers are given a dishonorable discharge each year, Milley said. He did not say how many former soldiers had "bad conduct" discharges, the same type Air Force veteran Devin Kelley had when he was kicked out in 2014 after serving a year in prison for multiple counts of assaulting his wife and baby. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #10 What kills a Man after war? A man no longer in the war with the Brotherhood that is now missing in America. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-16 22:39 |
| #9 Better yet, You can recruit the mentally F^@&ed in the head now because - personnel shortage. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-16 22:20 |
| #8 I believe you, Knuckles. And that'll make it all the more difficult and dangerous if we were to get into a real war. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-11-16 18:42 |
| #7 noted |
| Posted by: Sholush Unineng9872 2017-11-16 16:29 |
| #6 Or: your systems are strained to the breaking point after 16 years of constant deployments, ditto your soldiers. Think I'm kidding? Take a look at how hard the Army is finding it to recruit new solders. At the massive shortage of Air Force pilots. At the number of vets killing themselves daily (22/day last I checked). Our military is in serious trouble. |
| Posted by: Knuckles Slineger2610 2017-11-16 16:13 |
| #5 Serves a purpose though. If your goal is to pass ever more restrictive legislation to limit citizens' access to guns you want more incidents like the Texas church shooting. And who better to perpetrate these crimes than whack jobs on psych meds who've had military training with automatic weapons? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-11-16 10:45 |
| #4 Circular firing squads are particularly amusing when they all pull the trigger simultaneously. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-11-16 09:55 |
| #3 The MPs(cops) pointing at the JAG(lawyers) pointing at the AG(personnel) in a circular firing squad formation, "It's his job". |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-11-16 07:27 |
| #2 "We have a significant amount of omissions," admitted Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff. "There are gaps and failures on our part." Milley was the first service chief outside the Air Force to publicly admit to widespread lapses in sharing data on violent service members. TRANSLATION: It's bad. Really, really bad. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-11-16 05:28 |
| #1 Psst, the Army Are the FEDS. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-16 01:17 |