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Too Dumb for the Army
As a US Army JAG (military lawyer) in the early 90's, I conducted hearings to kick people out of the service administratively, for misconduct or inadequate performance. One such case involved a guy who was in civilian jail for having robbed a convenience store (in America, these all have in-store monitoring cameras). The official reason for his elimination from the military was misconduct, but I also thought he should have been equally cited for performance/stupidity because he robbed the store dressed in his BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform), the official military camouflaged combat uniform, which always have "U.S. Army" and the person's last name stitched across the tops of the upper front pockets. It made him eary to find for the police.
(Wed 12th Jan 2005, 5:55, More)