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Congressman Demands Investigation Of Army Recruitment
Threats
Sgts lied and threatened students with arrest if they
did not enlist
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Houston congressman Gene Green has demanded that the House Armed
Services Committee hold hearings after it was revealed that an
army recruiter has been lying to and threatening high school students
to get them to enlist.
KHOU
11 News in Houston broke the story last week, revealing
that students who signed up to a non-binding military "delayed
entry program" were told by recruiter, Sgt. Glenn Marquette
that they were bound under federal law to stick to the agreement
and could be arrested and jailed as deserters if they did not
follow through and enlist.
The network also revealed that the situation was an ongoing
saga with the same tactics having been exposed
three years ago. Rather than being discharged or
demoted, the officer involved in the earlier incident, a Sgt.Thomas
Kelt, was promoted to be a station commander, responsible for
training and supervising other recruiters.
Douglas Smith, a spokesman for U.S. Army recruiting headquarters
defended the action by telling Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
"Just because someone has done something wrong, doesn't mean
that they get the death penalty." He refused to elaborate
on what if any punishment Kelt had received.
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Congressman Green has since sent
a letter to the Pentagon demanding to know “Why
more was not done,” and “What steps the Army will
take to ensure this will not happen again.”
Referring to news that recruiter wrongdoing citations
have nearly doubled over the past several years, Green
replied:
“That's not what our country's about... There's
a problem with the system in the Army, and we can blame the sergeant
or the corporal at the Greenspoint facility, but it sounds like
they're also hearing it from nationally.”
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