CPL Private RallyPoint Member6951422<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With this new push for eliminating extremism in the military with the same force as Equal Opportunity and SHARP, even to replace the Suicide Awareness training, will there come a day when our political beliefs make us ineligible for security clearances, reenlisting, even enlisting in the first place? I believe it will come sooner rather than later. What about you?How long do we have until our political beliefs make us ineligible for security clearances, reenlisting, even enlisting in the first place?2021-05-04T23:27:01-04:00CPL Private RallyPoint Member6951422<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With this new push for eliminating extremism in the military with the same force as Equal Opportunity and SHARP, even to replace the Suicide Awareness training, will there come a day when our political beliefs make us ineligible for security clearances, reenlisting, even enlisting in the first place? I believe it will come sooner rather than later. What about you?How long do we have until our political beliefs make us ineligible for security clearances, reenlisting, even enlisting in the first place?2021-05-04T23:27:01-04:002021-05-04T23:27:01-04:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member6951607<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do not feel that our political leanings will make us ineligible for enlistment/reenlistment nor security clearances nor should it be used as such. Here is my thinking.....If we used the political leanings of folks as a basis for qualification, then there would be no one eligible to join. Look at it this way: If no one that registers as anything other than Democrat can enlist....how many folks in the Nation does that cut out for eligibility? Same thing for Republican? Or even Libertarian? If stats are true, then currently 1% of the Nations people meet the basic requirements to join. Of that 1%, only approximately 0.5% actually join (give or take). According to an article in ArmyTimes from 2017, the target audience for enlistment consisted of 33.4 million. Of that, only 9.7 million were qualified to join the Army. Of that number, it was figured that only 136,000 actually joined. The branches have enough of a hard time to meet target numbers. Throw in political beliefs and you've just killed your recruiting mission.Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 5 at 2021 2:08 AM2021-05-05T02:08:19-04:002021-05-05T02:08:19-04:00LTC Kevin B.6951707<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Won't happen. Political leanings aren't the problem; extremism is the problem. Two completely different things.Response by LTC Kevin B. made May 5 at 2021 5:32 AM2021-05-05T05:32:25-04:002021-05-05T05:32:25-04:00SFC Casey O'Mally6952622<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depending on the political belief, this ALREADY happens. KKK members cannot join up. Nor can avowed racists. (Avowed being the operative word, there). Nor can people who are actively seeking to undermine or destroy the government.Response by SFC Casey O'Mally made May 5 at 2021 11:21 AM2021-05-05T11:21:09-04:002021-05-05T11:21:09-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member6952814<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-592506"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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