New Study Shows Large Gang Presence in U.S. Armed Forces
- Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:07pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States. According to the National Gang Threat Assessment, members of at least 53 gangs have been identified on both domestic and international military installations, and law enforcement officials in at least 100 jurisdictions have come into contact with, detained or arrested an active or former military gang member within the past three years.
ABC News on the troubling findings of gang growth in the greatest military force in the world:
“FBI officials also say the use of social media sites has assisted in recruitment with youth becoming interested in gang culture and displays of bravado on Facebook and YouTube. The threat assessment notes that local police in Missouri have seen a rise in gang ‘promotion teams’ using internet chat rooms to promote clubs and parties. Displays of gang signs and walks are found abundantly on YouTube which FBI officials say may influence youths to seek out gangs.”
The study noted that “gang recruitment of active duty military personnel constitutes a significant criminal threat to the U.S. military.”
FBI officials note that the increased figures are likely due to better reporting and analysis of information reported to them by state and local law enforcement agencies, according to ABC News.
(H/T: Business Insider)
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Comments (389)
Jasgent
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:10amsilly story considering there are not even that many active duty members
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:02am“American military is infiltrated with an estimated 1.4 million gang members”
No no no. I read the ABC story, its 1.4 million estimated gang members in the US. Not in the US military. The Blaze really boogered this story up.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:04amThey are quoting ABC news. Nuff said.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:04amRemember that the Obama administration / DHS wanted X-military watched when he first took office?
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:07am@Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
They didn’t quote ABC news. They mangled the facts.
DianaRae
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:16am@truthhurts Then ABC must look bad too. That’s where they got this story from http://abcn.ws/qT8Nl4
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:22amThere are close to 1 million gang members just on the west coast, people. Do a little research before making silly claims and spouting lies.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:36am@DianaRae
“A new FBI assessment has found there are now an estimated 1.4 million gang members in the United States with gangs expanding even infiltrating the U.S. military.” –ABC
Only time ABC said 1.4 million is when they gave an overall estimate of gang members in the United States. Not the United States Military. Does anyone read?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:59amPontiac
Report Post »I must defend the Blaze in their numbers, about 1.4M members of the military belong to the NCO and Officers club, an elite orgaization and requires membership, since Nepoleon said to watch out for miltary and ex-military, in their minds, they must be “Gang Memebers”. Sarcasm off.
The-Monk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:00amI read a bunch of stuff but, who is that soldier? Anyone got a fix on him and/or his 3 finger salute?
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:19amIt says there are 1.4 million gang members in the US, and some have infiltrated into the military.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:26amThis is what happens when you allow illegal aliens into the US.
NOBAMA 2012!
Report Post »mgillaspie
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:29amA troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
CAN YOU READ! IT DOES NOT SAY THAT 1.4 MILLION ARE IN THE MILITARY IT SAYS THAT 1.4 MILLION GANG MEMBERS IN THE U.S HAVE INFILTRATED THE MILITARY. DUH. NO WONDER THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP.
Report Post »mgillaspie
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:32amA troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
CAN YOU READ? This article does not ever say that 1.4 million gang members are in the military, it says, they are recruiting from the 1.4 million gang members int he U.S. Wake up and READ.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:02amIt is really amazing how liberals show up. They either disagree with the story or they cannot show everyone that the know more about the what the story is talking about and if they can’t do that then the story is made up. Perhaps the liberal trolls on here should either quit coming into the Blaze or just quit posting. AND we DON’T CARE if you believe it or not or if you just want to try and run down the Blaze. You can do that if you want but wouldn’t you be happier just going back and “communing” with your smelly unbathed friends at the occupy communes. And don’t bother to pretend to be conservatives either.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:08am@TRUTHHURTS It says: “the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States” NOT that there are that many in the armed forces.
AND the report is from ABC news. NOT THEBLAZE.
Who taught you how to read? Public school? That explains it then.
Report Post »SILAS
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:10amInfiltrated “FROM THE” 1.4 million gang members—-read the story slowly people
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:12amThis is an old revelation. The Discovery Channel under their series “Gang Land” done like a 2 part series on this a couple of years ago. Pictures of several Marines flashing known gang signs and gang tattoos was very revealing to the depths this had become a problem. This is in part what has lead the Military, particularly the Marines, to enforce such harsh regulations on tattoos for the first time. They’ve always had certain regs. controlling tattoos but hardly ever had a need to enforce them but gaudy and gang related tattoos were becoming to common place. The Marines seem to be experiencing the infiltration most of the Armed Services’ and YES mostly the gang members or from the west coast and American South-West AND ARE Hispanic….
Report Post »shelly11369
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:19amThe Blaze didnt mess up.
Report Post »your all not reading the story right, it says “the American military has become infiltrated FROM the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” it’s not saying ALL gang members in america are in the military
Lord_Frostwind
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:34amRegardless of the nitpicking of numbers, this still poses a considerable threat. Police are not trained to handle people with tactical knowledge or training; gangs possessing that knowledge would easily be on par with some of the more dangerous cartels in Mexico currently making life suck south of the border. Hopefully the situation gets contained soon, otherwise we’re going to need a much more militarized police force just to survive.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:35amThere have been oodles of gang members in the military for over 10 years. My husband has been out of the Navy for 11 years, and there was a significant amount back then. They come in to learn skills they can use on the streets. It’s dangerous on ships, as they shake you down for “protection” money.
Report Post »LDSmommy
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:02amPrecisely why I rarely come here anymore. How can so many of you misread a simple sentence? FROM not WITH. Good grief. First, all the gay haters, now this. UGH.
Report Post »For the poster that said there’s that many gang members just on the West Coast…yep, VERY TRUE. The numbers are WAY off.
I may not like gang members, but in the event of a war or some kind of attack, they’ll probably fight like hell and be better armed than most Americans. Ha!
demint.disciple
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:05am@TruthHurts.. DUH !!! AGAIN.. A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:20am@LDSmommy.. Then what the hell are you doing here ? Gay haters.. lol just because people don‘t want homosexuality shoved down their throats doesn’t mean they are “gay haters”.. Nice ,your morals are shot and you expect everyone else to just follow along ,huh ? No, I don‘t like it and I won’t pretend to like it just to be P.C.. The worst thing you DID was come back here,especially attacking all the readers all high and mighty.. Go back over to media matters where you can read all the heather has two mommies stories you want..
Report Post »Jasgent
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:27amthey fixed it :) good job folks
Report Post »memphis407
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:26amA troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
are you trolls all mentally retarded the blaze didn’t mess up what they said is exactly the same as what abc said. read the dam thing you paid trolls are so quick to jump all over the blaze’s ass that you dont even bother to read the story.
Report Post »walleye01
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:31amyou did not read Blaze’s report correctly…they got it right! if you read it correctly it is very clear that our military has been infiltrated by some of the 1.4 million gang members in the US…slow down and read it correctly.
Report Post »billherrin
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:21amAre you illiterate? The article states …..infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” The operative word is FROM, shezzzzzzz
Report Post »lottcha
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:30amAll of you need to learn, TO READ!
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:53amBack in the late sixties and early 70′s I remember several black soldiers who claimed to have joined the
Report Post »Black Panthers when they were gone on leave. The Units didn’t approve –pretty much said such would not be tolerated. I cant imagine it being much different today. IMO a soldier can believe/support whatever he wants in off duty time–and so long as it does not interfere with his/her/its duty as a soldier.
But if caught allowing their personal prejudices interfering with the unit goals they would be transferred out or DD.
johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:12amSince there may not be that many, can we just try all the gang members in military tribunals, convict them on the evidence and hang them without Eric Holder demanding that they be tried in federal court?
Report Post »Gorp
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:45amCome on people! Don’t some of you read the story?
Report Post »It states in the first sentence: “A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.”
Where in any part of the story does it say that 1.4 million military members are gang members the way some of you are stating it?
PelositheGreat
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:13amTruthhurts -
can you read? it said 1.4 in the US, not the military. It’s called read for context. Try it sometime, you wont sound so silly.
Report Post »lobstertrap
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:28amThe article says the military is infected by gang members FROM the 1.4 million. It does not say all 1.4 million are in the military. Read the words people!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:59amThe “ABC’ story sounds correct to me……..
Report Post »It says the military has been infiltrated “FROM” the 1.4m gang members urrently in the US.
Does anyone not think there are at least 1.4m gang members here? I’ll bet there are 100,000 + in Ca. alone.
Lock your doors and have one chambered if you live in Ca.
rangerp
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:01amWe have gangs on our military posts.
They busted a gang member up at Fort Lewis a few years back. She was so powerful, they had to deploy her unit to the field, then arrest her out there, as they were afraid of her fellow gang members protecting her.
Report Post »http://militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/ngic_gangs.pdf
dopie joe
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:03amHey, Jasgent,Thruthurts,This_Individual,and Pontiac y‘all need to get y’all’s head out of your a$$es and read the first sentence again really really slowly so that you might understand exactly what it says. It says“A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American Military has become infiltrated ”FROM” the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently “in” the United States.The key words here are “from” and “in” not “by”.What a bunch of dumb a$$es,y’all need to go back to school and learn how to read.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:06am“1.4 million gang members currently in the United States”
Report Post »It says that right in the story, unless maybe they changed it after you guys caught a mistake. The fact that they are infiltrating the military, most likely to learn weapons skills, is a failure of the FBI/DIA in the first place, as they conduct the background checks supposedly. Apparently, nobody in our government actually does the job they are paid for anymore.
rangerp
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:07amSide note and not necessarily related, but interesting.
Go to a major military post in the US (like Fort Benning, Georgia) and visit the Main Exchange (PX). Go to the area where the jewelry and watches are sold. You will find glass cases of art stuff. There will be a glass case loaded with African American stuff, to include statues of Obama, Tuskegee Airmen, Egyptian statues, MLK…. I have served for 24 years, and never have I seen the PX sell statues of any other President. There is no display case with Hispanic, Asian, or Caucasian art. There is nothing for Reagan, Bush, or even George Washington. Would it be considered racist to only cater to one race?
Report Post »drago
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:12amFor you troll dumbasses critisizing the “facts”, the statment said that there are an estimated 1.4 million gang members in the U.S, not in the military, learn to read morons.
Report Post »silentnomorenana
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:13amA troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated FROM the Estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in United States. Did everyone see the word FROM? If some of you want to rewrite the ABC report for them and use the word IN..you might want to tell ABC first. The BLAZE quoted this correctly. Do I hear or read …Oops I miss read this and I apologize.
Report Post »JohnHW
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:25amPlease read the story, “American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” It says, “become infiltrated FROM THE ESTIMATED 1.4 million gang members….”
Report Post »rockstone
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:32am@ LDSMOM
“……but in the event of a war or some kind of attack, they’ll probably fight like hell…”
Probably… but, my question is, Who are they going to “fight like hell” for?
Street gangs don’t exist to protect my interests… that much I can tell you.
Report Post »LibsSuk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:32amRead the article a little more closely. It says 1.4 million IN THE UNITED STATES. That means in the whole country not in the military.
No wonder there are so many liberals in this country. You don’t even take the time to pay attention to what you are reading.
Report Post »FantaGirl
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:32amUmm it does say a total 1.4 million in the United States (line 2). You’re making yourself look bad. Maybe you should put some glasses on lol.
Report Post »AUTHOR22
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:33amCan you imagine how rich your life would be if you understood what you read? Must have failed reading comprehension.
Report Post »DrMantisToboggan
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:36amFROM the estimated 1.4 million…
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:36amPeople, I have worked with the military, and civilians on military bases. There are many gang members not only in the civialian groups on posts, but in the military as well. The military takes anyone with a pulse these days thanks to all the crybabies over the years. There have been several stories of people in the military going through gang initiations, and some even dying in the process. So all of you that think they are not there, get real, gangs are everywhere. I respect the military, their sacrifices and the civilians that support them every day, I happen to be one. But gangs are there and they need to be rooted out and gotten rid of.
Report Post »LibsSuk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:36amBlaze-would you please take this moron’s comments down – they embarrass him/her/it.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:38amLOOK !!! it’s obvious that the blaze change a mangled story BEFORE all the posts that said there were 1.4 million gangs members IN the U.S armed forces.. How do I know this ? If you look at the times that these people posted they are all about the same time, 1200 AMish and then start looking at all the attacking posts times around 130 am.. So it’s obvious that the blaze DID mangle the story but corrected it.. They’ve done this before and I too was caught up in it on other stories.. Problem is, they don’t proof read their stories before they post them.. Anyway, there is no way that many people misread the facts like that ,no way, couldn’t happen..
Report Post »storageguru
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:41amEveryone needs to read the wording more carefully! The article says there are 1.4 million gang members in the U.S. and FROM this pool, SOME are starting to infiltrate the military!!!
Report Post »SpcMike
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:45amGreat reporting. Terrible reading. Read twice when you think you see a mistake. It should help you to look like an idiot less often.
Report Post »prak 3.0
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:53amcorrect me if I’m wrong but the article says “……..American military has become infiltrated FROM the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” It does not say there are 1.4 million gang members in the military. The quote is copied and pasted from the article. POWER TO THE PEANUTS.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:54amThe 1.4 million referred to the number of active gang members NOT the number of active military members.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:58amBut what do you expect when the pool that the military draws from is usually urban minorities?
They bribe these kids to do the politician’s dirty work with $40k to start a business and a paid college tuition.
You can’t pay me enough to dodge bullets for a living. But I would fight voluntarily if my country was under military attack (which we aren’t).
You can’t bribe me to fight wars on foreign soil based on LIES.
Bring ALL of our troops home.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »rchapman1941
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:58amRead the lead sentence again. Pay attention to the key word – from. It should clarify things for you.
Report Post »PPMStudios
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:01amPerhaps you should re-read the article. It says “A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” In the United States!!…… Not in the military.
Report Post »OptimusSubPrime
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:03amCan you read? The story says 1.4 million in the US, not in the military.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:11amHey you idiots – the blaze did NOT write there are 1.4 million gang members in the military, copied from the above:
A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
So all of you cross-eyed morons who are saying otherwise, are amoebas, can you not read and comprehend?
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:11amPosters, check your grammar and syntax. The story reads that the US military has been infitrated with gang members from the 1.4 million gang members in the United States, not that there are !.4 million gang members in the military.
Report Post »With respect to the story itself, what do you think the liberal loons and the progressives are about. if they are attempting to reduce this nation to a third world country and minimize our ability to counter the subterfuge within this nation, let alone the potential and current attacks from abroad, what has to be done? The power of our military and its outstanding fighting ability has to be diminished if not outright destroyed or made subject to the leftist elite’s will and whims.
What do you think the wacko military Muslim officer who killed or wounded a host of our fighting men and women was doing there in the military in the first place? Because of frigging political correctness, he was permitted to remain at his “post”, despite the presence of telltale that this guy was an extremist Muslim. You notice no heads rolled over that one. their are other examples of Muslim gooks attacking either civilian or other military personnel. Then the powers that be in the military permit Muslim clerics to minister and convert large segments of our prison population to radical Muslims. If you think these are moderate clerics, you need your head examined.
The Community Organizer-in-Chief, to “succeed” must diminish the power of our military.
jm4738
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:17amAs has been pointed out previously: “…the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.”
So, once again, the above statement points out (1) that there are approximately 1.4 million gang members in the United States, and (2) the American military has become infiltrated from those gang members.
Report Post »TheRoos
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:17amIt states that there are 1.4 million gang members IN THE UNITED STATES, not in the military…Reading is fun-damental guys
Report Post »irondogkk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:30am@Pontiac…..”A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.“ This is the actual quote using the tried and true method of ”copy“ and ”paste”….. The Blaze didn’t booger anything up, you did, read it carefully, it doesn’t say the military has been infiltrated BY…… it says infiltrated FROM…..Get YOUR facts correct before you complain about some one elses.
Report Post »single stack
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:30amSomeone needs to work on their reading comprehension. Read that first line again. It says there are an estimated 1.4 million gang members in the US, not 1.4 million gang members in the military.
Report Post »CaughtNTheCrosshairs
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:31amThey are not trying to claim that there are 1.4 million gang members currently in the Military. They are saying that, of the 1.4 million known gang members in the United States, there are growing number being found inside our Military. There’s no need to retract or remove this story, just because your reading comprehension is sub par.
Report Post »CaughtNTheCrosshairs
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:33amSorry, Jasgent that comment was meant for @TRUTHHURTS
Report Post »GPS-Tech
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:46am@ *** gent, butt hurts, urban cowgirl, sick individual and p.o.n.t.i.a.c.
Report Post »An episode of gangland on the history channel dealt with this years back. Gang members are intentionally joining the military to receive combat training. The fact that the first four responses are yours shows that you are waiting for posts to disclaim. No one on here is going to be discouraged by your efforts and you will fail just like all the others.
ree2138
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:48amPerhaps you need to reread the article.
Report Post »Yankeethinker
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:55amMy goodness… Those attacking the story about 1.4M are obviously incapable of grammar perception… does stupid come easy to you or do you have to work at it? I’d say the former!
The sentence reads “the American military has become infiltrated FROM the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” Meaning members of the AF are OF THE 1.4M gang members in the US. Where do you get in all that there are 1.4 million gang members in the military?
IDIOTS!!
Report Post »9635kari
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:57amThey said there were 1.4 million gang members in the U.S. That was pretty plain to me.
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:11amThanks for the link, RANGERP, and the heads up on the racist PX. I really fear for the US Military.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:14am==================================================
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Last night the Blaze Article said
“American military is infiltrated with an estimated 1.4 million gang members”
That is a DIRECT copy/paste of what the first sentence was at 1:02am.
Today it says
“A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.”
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If you didn’t read the article before 1am est. then you did not see the error EVERYONE was pointing too in the comments. Get off the LIBERAL TROLLER trips. The Blaze screwed up. Stop being zombies thinking everything the Blaze does is perfection.
@GPS-Tech
“sick individual and p.o.n.t.i.a.c.”
GPS tech, kiss my ***.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:21amA military without standards is really only a gang itself.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:27am@GPS-Tech
Report Post »“The fact that the first four responses are yours shows ”
BTW the first post starts at the bottom of the first page. Not the top. Replies to the post then follow. Look at the time stamps. I wasn’t the first to bring this up. Again, kiss my ***.
Unix
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:31amIf it is true the Blaze changed the wording, then my apologies for calling people ‘idiots’, I stand corrected.
Report Post »rockstone
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:40amJeezz…. These people at the Blaze are shameless. The next thing you know, they will probably post a story reporting, get this, that there is a Muslim terrorist, who is an officer in the military, that may murder a dozen or so of his fellow unarmed soldiers in cold blood yelling Allah Akbar!! On… on a military base no less!!
Those right wings loons on the Blaze are just as crazy as Glenn Beck himself… ha ha ha!!!! I mean… really??? hahahaha!!!!
sarc/
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:46amRead the article Stupedo’s, it say’s 1.4 mil. in the US..GAWD
Report Post »No room for this kind of BS in the Military. best come down hard..
Obama’s policy..illegals join the Military, get a FREE PASS..
What did you expect ? AH…This Administration SUCKS !!!!!
TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:57am“A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States. According to the National Gang Threat Assessment, members of at least 53 gangs have been identified on both domestic and international military installations, and law enforcement officials in at least 100 jurisdictions have come into contact with, detained or arrested
an active or former
military gang member within the past three years.”
Report Post »JustPlainSickAndTired
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:58amStupid people should not post. The article reads ” The military is being infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members in the U.S.” Nowhere does this article state there are 1.4 million gang members in the military. Please try to understand the words you see before making a comment that shows how simple you in fact are.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:19pmGood way for the Cartels to get Military Training, Just what
Report Post »the we need… a bunch of F’N Gang Bangers in our Military……
Thanks Obama..ALL your policies REALLY SUCK…best nip
this in the bud,ASAP….What do you do with them after they
get Military Training, send them back to Mexico ????
GAWD !!!!!!!!!! NOBAMA-2012 Let the States take care of
immigration..GET the DOJ off our AZZ…………….
pitboss711
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:22pmFor years, our legal system has been giving felons the “option” of either military service or prison…in the hopes that military service would help them straighten out their lives. So, what’s the big surprise here?
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:24pmMorons. They’re talking about estimated 1.4 million gang members in the U.S. and that the gangs are infiltrating the military. It’s a tortured sentence, but that does mean idiots have to twist it. Please go back to shacks in Idaho and stick your sovereign citizen crap up your anal orafice.
Yes this is a news-worthy issue. This infialtrtion extends into in law enfocement and prison systems. Several years ago, most a a Bureau of Prisons class atending training at their national academy in Georgia was found to be active gang members. The situation was only identified because another class attending the academy were ICE specail agents attending anti-gang training. It’s also important because the gang members in the military receive training is tactics that they later apply on the streets against not only the police, but also private citizens.
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:30pmJust what we need on our Streets, Gang Bangers with
Report Post »Military Training…Libotards want to put illegal’s in the
Military…….GOOD CALL !!!!!!!! ODUMBOS POLICIES
shellback2112
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:35pmHey Douce, you need to learn to read. It states that the military is being infiltrated by the 1.4 million gang members in the U.S. Not that there are 1.4 million gang members in the military, or even that the military is that large. You need to go to OWS and carry a misspelled sign around you liberal douce.
Report Post »LiveOak11
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:43pmYour reading skills obviously need improving, the article said 1.4 million total in the U.S..
Report Post »conard3
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:19pmReread that statement “…the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” If it doesn’t make sense reread it to understand it before you look foolish.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:19pmPoorly written line. There are 1.4 million gang members in the US. Yes, thgat would mean that virtusally all men & women in uniform are gamg members.
From the indide, I can say this has been the case for a long, long time now. The difference is, the gang culture is more visible in society today. You can thank the hip hop culture for that. Frankly, gang members are just more brash and outspoken about it than ever before.
Report Post »hosstj
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:24pmIt’s not the number of members that should give concern. It’s the training they receive in the military that becomes a danger. A few learn and take the training back to teach the rest.
Report Post »saneromeo
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:33pminfiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
Report Post »^^^^^
It doesn’t say there are 1.4 million gangsters in the military
1percent
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:02pmThe story never attempts to say how many gang members exist in the military… It says what ABC news says. I‘ll quote the blaze article and you genius’ explain the inaccuracy: “…the American military has become infiltrated FROM the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” Keep doing what you’re doing Blaze, if you were as irrelevant as these “conservative” plants say you are, they wouldn’t be wasting their weekends trying to discredit you. I know… when you don’t work, what’s a weekend?
Report Post »jds7171
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:05pmPeople learn how to read….. IT says that the military has become infiltrated from the 1.4 million members currently in the united states. Meaning that their is 1.4 million gang members in the united states not in the military. Some of the gangs are either in the military or were in the military.
Just because of a person is in the military doesn’t mean he is so awesome. If they were we wouldn’t need a thing called a brig.
Report Post »ThankYouFounders
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:23pm@Truthhurts: Perhaps you should learn reading comprehension first. The aptly says there are 1.4 million gang members in the U.S. Not 1.4 million gang members in the U.S. Military.
Report Post »gfmucci
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:12pmHey guys. Correctly reading the words results in some unstated number of gang members in the military coming from the 1.4 million gang members in the US.
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:57pmA troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.
Or maybe, just maybe someone should learn how to read and comprehend.
Report Post »Redneckpapist
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:04pmThe story is very badly written. You can find a clearer article on Black Listed News
http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_FBI_Announces_Gangs_Have_Infiltrated_Every_Branch_Of_The_Military/16251/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Looks like the FBI really is worried.
Report Post »sewfarsewgood
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:36pmHey Rocket Scientist – can you read?? Here is the quote “A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States”.
It clearly says that the MILITARY HAS BECOME INFILTRATED FROM the 1.4 million gang members, NOT THAT THERE ARE 1.4 million military gang members. Maybe you need to go walk with the OWS gang in NYC.
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:39pmSay what you will about the number.
I was in the Marine Corps. There are alot of blacks and mexicans in gangs. It’s a fact. I’ve seen it.
I actually became racially aware after being in the military. I mean i knew blacks acted a certain way as civilians, but certainly not in the military. Untill I witnessed rank going out the window if both people were black. an example is a black PFC going up to a black Master Sergeant saying “what’s up dawg” and that was totally acceptable. Doesnt matter who you dress up in a uniform. It doesn’t change the man.
Saying that, yes there are white people involved in crime while in the military. The only difference is they have the sense of shame to try to cover it up. The blacks and mexicans take off their uniforms and put on their real uniforms of choice every time they leave base.
Report Post »Doc
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:04pmRead the story. It says military gang members infiltrated from the “estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States.” It doesn’t provide an estimate of how many are actually in the military.
Report Post »alaz0405
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:23pm‘kay, read close: they said 1.4 gang members IN THE U.S.A., NOT in the military. The homies is ‘filtratin’ inta the military. Got it?
Report Post »ThomasNast
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:45pm@Truthhurts
They come from the FBI you dink. The link is right in the story.
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/2011-national-gang-threat-assessment
Now go put some ice on that.
Report Post »MKFlyboy
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:05pmHey guys. No offense, but the article says, “…has become infiltrated FROM the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States” I just copied and pasted this directly from the article above. Easy on the Blaze!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:26pmWhy do you people keep replying when it has been pointed out multiple times the news article was rewritten?
[Hey I know, lets just read the first dozen post and not the hundreds that follow saying the same incorrect things over and over again.]
Here’s what was wrote before the alteration
Report Post »http://tinyurl.com/6jpflk5
See highlighted text.
thepatriotdave
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:21amKickinBack
Report Post »Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:26am
“This is what happens when you allow illegal aliens into the US.”
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Correction: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ALLOW AN ILLEGAL ALIEN INTO THE WHITE HOUSE!
Gilan57
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 3:54pmit doesn’t say that at all so trying reading it again
Report Post »“the American military has become infiltrated from the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently in the United States”
readermark
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:23pmI live in an area just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Street gangs are a terrible presence here and wreak havoc on our communities. I have written a novel about gang life that shows the price gang members may have to pay for their involvement.
Report Post »Darnell Jackson is a young African-American man living in a gang-infested area of Chicago. To save his life, he joins a gang and is forced to do things he abhors. When an opportunity to escape this deadly world is offered to him, he accepts gladly. A football scholarship to a small rural Kentucky college could be his ticket out and a life free of violence and fear. But will his gang let him go, and worse, when they find out he lied to them to break away, will they retaliate? Find out in my new ebook release on Amazon, HAZARDOUS CHOICES, at http://amzn.to/pkEfgD.
Joe
samnjoeysgrama
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:10amIf you live in a military town, you already know this. My daughter’s husband is Air Force, my nephew is Army and my husband was Air Force. We were told that inner city kids who get arrested are given the option of going to jail or into the military. Those same kids serve a tour, get out, and end up living in the military towns. They have made gang presence a real problem all over the country. A lot of those young men and women actually use the service to turn their lives around. Some don’t. The 1.4 million sounds really high to me, but the problem is real. I wonder what question produced that number “Are you or have you ever been a gang member?” That could produce a response that makes the total number higher.
Report Post »That said, I still have the utmost respect for our military. There are a few bad apples, but on the field as soldiers, there is no one better.
Walkabout
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:30amYour post is so on the money.
Some of the one that “get out” are ‘kicked out”. They never make it back to their hometown & the number of ne’er do wells climbs in military towns leading to a high crime rate. Wonder if the brass has figured out that dynamic?
I know they military keeps crime stats similar to the FBI to see how many Service members are victims or perpetrators so they know how to fix the situation.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:41amThe real problem which will come out of this will be the amazing amount of equipment that goes missing from military bases each year. Is this an inside job to arm gangbangers with state of the art weapons and munitions?
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:24amYou say a lot of them use the military to turn their lives around? That’s Politically Correct cover for 1 in 100 thousand, no?
Thugs and animals remain who and what they are, they use the military for the training to take back to the streets, nothing more.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:40amMakes sense
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:43amDon‘t forget the if you’re here illegally but serve this country you can get citizenship. I wouldn’t doubt lots of these gangs are from Latin countries.
Report Post »stircr8zy
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:44amSorry this is not true all recruits are given a criminal background check including sex offender.Check….I know because they checked me and i was a reservist going back to active duty
Report Post »Doug in Seattle
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:50amThank you for you common sense response to typical MSM scare story.
The military offers many young inner city men an option to clean up and improve their lives. Most use this opportunity to become productive patriotic citizens.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:40amI‘m not so sure they do as thorough of a security check if you’re in a non-classified rate/MS. I had a secret clearance, and they delved into my background pretty good.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:41amAs a former U.S. Army Recruiter during the early, then late ‘80’s, the “old wives tale” of Judges and Recruiters working together in tandem is pretty much just that… an “old wives tale.”
Granted, some judges have probably told some knuckleheads that I‘m gonna’ put your arse in jail unless you contact a Recruiter and get out of town before sunset as an option to incarceration (if they were qualified and they had no pre-existing record to disqualify), but in reality Recruiters aren’t waiting in the Halls of justice with baited breath… and the Military has no real desire to take the malcontents and miscreants of society off the hands of their parents / Law Enforcement in some exchange type agreement. During the draft however, some law enforcement may have alerted the Draft Board to see if some were flying under the radar to get them outa’ dodge… if they met the basic standards of the draft during that time.
Now… all that being said, some can enter the Military with an [agenda] and it might not be a good one. You can‘t tell what’s in a man or woman’s heart, but the Military does a pretty good job of disqualifing through “Town, City, State and National/Governmental” background checks, physical exams (to include drug testing), mental (ASVAB) testings etc.
The Military is a cross-section of America and we do get some bad apples just like you may have in your neighborhoods and even your home (the black sheep of your clan), but we screen better than mos
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:06amAt what YepImaConservative said, that pretty much tells it the way it REALLY is. The US military does a pretty good job at weeding out the bad apples from the good. And believe me, the ‘bad’ don‘t last too long in uniform before they’re either put behind bars or shown the gate. I speak from experience as a member with 21 years of active-duty service with the Air Force.
Now as for this article from The Blaze, whoever wrote it needs to go back to journalism school to hone their craft a little better. Jeez!…
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:36amThanks for your service STU. D.
Report Post »Patriotic_Mercenary
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:40pmWhen I attended the Recruiter Course for the Army, we were instructed to ensure that these types of individuals did NOT get in. It’s against our policy for us to accept people being referred from the judicial system. We do background checks on personnel applying. If someone has a misdemeanor or felony then they have to submit a Moral Waiver. Not everyone gets one, either. As far as the felony goes, that was instituted after I attended the course, so I can‘t speak for what is allowed and what isn’t. But I do remember that up to or beyond three misdemenors and/or ANY felony disqualified you from entering.
This isn‘t to say that the judicial system isn’t still referring people to join the service, but this harkens back to the Draft days where it was either “got to jail or go to war”. In my particular line of work, we see less of these types of individuals because they don’t get past the screening phase for clearances. As far as other career fields, I can’t really speak for them.
In the end, unless you’re actually dealing with someone that did get this type of referral, then this is not the norm.
We do know that gangs like to send their members to the military in order to get the specialized training. I‘ve received briefings concerning this and we’re constantly on the lookout. We went through a phase where we were checking Soldiers‘ tattoos to make sure they weren’t affiliated with a gang. If they are, then they have a very short time left an
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:08amThis sounds like a bunch of crap.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:22amBased on past experience I could see 1 percent or more being active gang members. Out of ~ 2.5 million personnel that would still be a large number. And it would still be an opsec problem.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:31amNo Jezreel it’s not a bunch of crap, there was a story in the Army times magazine a few years back so the FBI and state side law enforcement may have just learned about the gang problem in the military but the Army has known about for some time now and is at a lost as what to do to get rid of them.
I for one would make it a condition of joining and staying in any branch of the service that if you are or have ever been in any gang that you would not be able to join the service and if you were already in the service that you would be discharged.
As most of us know gang members will brake the law and go to jail sometime while being in a gang and it use to be that if you had a conviction on your record that the military would not allow you to join the service but when they started doing so may tours overseas they had a problem getting and keeping people so the military did away with the clause, i say they need to go back to that clause A.S.A.P.and in short order they would be able to weed out most of the gang members.
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:21amWe all should write to congress …. I know I know but that’s where any action could even start … even if the story is 1/4th true, it’s trouble!!
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:26am@Doug in Seattle.. Yes, especially the soldier in the photo with the gang signs.. Seems he has turned his life around too..
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:34amYea, look for the tear drop tatoo on the cheek…it means a kill in the gang.
Report Post »joe magarac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:08amAfter turncoat John McCain and his crony Leon Panetta cut active duty and retiree pay and benefits look for the All Volunteer force to crumble.
Say hello to the draft once again and a return to the dregs of society military of the 60s and much of the 70s.
We ain‘t seen nothing yet when it comes to societal vermin in uniform thanks to the career DC Klingons who won’t touch their own pay and bennies but are about to slice and dice the military’s.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:38amSorry, but are you saying those who fought in the Vietnam war were the “dregs of society?”
Report Post »warrior21
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:35amJoe Magarac, why did you say “Say hello to the draft once again and a return to the dregs of society military of the 60s and much of the 70s.” Are you saying that the draftees inducted during this period were the dregs of society? I am a 26 year veteran, joining in 1949 retiring in 1975. My experience with the draftees…was that the majority were better than average soldiers. They came in put in their time and left causing little trouble. They didn’t like being in, but didn’t let it affect their performance. The biggest problems were with the volunteers. The draftees during my time were just as good, if not better than today’s soldier, and cost a lot less. Today’s soldier is overpaid and overrated! Just it case you wondering, I was a volunteer who enlisted at the age of sixteen. I served multiple tours in both Korea and Vietnam and writing from experience.
De Oppresso Liber
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:28amToday’s soldiers are OVERPAID??? I guess that doesn‘t apply to sailors or else it’s changed in 11 years. 11 years ago, as an E-6 and a family of 4, we qualififed for WIC!!! That’s overpaid?
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:09am@Warrior21
I want to THANK YOU so very much.I would like for you to know some
of us are really THANKFUL for what you guys did in Viet Nam. That
was a hard time for everyone. You got no THANKS when you returned
only Jeers and the Obama administration is filled with the ones doing
the jeering.
Thank you Sir. I can’t thank you enough. God Bless.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:14amBTW, for all you folks reading this, Warrior21 is a former Green Beret. Heed his words.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:41am>JOE MAGARAC. You have obviously gotten your ill-informed talking points from Val Kilmer.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:55am>WARRIOR21. “Today’s soldier is overpaid and overrated!”
I have to take exception with that portion of your statement. There will be no dropping trou when it comes to past and present Military service. Everybody has done their part and the pay has never made anyone rich while serving… especially if you’re an enlisted member.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:26am>LORRIANN12. You are correct. When I was an E-6 back in the early ‘80’s my family and I were qualified for a WIC type entitlement, Chap-8 housing (was on Recruiting duty at that time), and free meat and cheese. I remember getting the meat and cheese and giving it to an E-5 Recruiter who had a family of 5 and was barely making ends meet. The meat and cheese was the only thing I used (for my NCO), as I was too proud to take/use the others. I didn’t start to see any real money until I had made E-7, and it was still rough to make it with a family of 4 around the 1986 time frame in Germany living on their economy where the dollar was in bad shape. Moving into Gub’mnt quarters made it easier once your name came up.
Report Post »warrior21
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:28pmYEPIMACONSERATIVE
When I say overpaid I mean as compared to what the draftees were getting during Korea and Vietnam. An E4 over two years of service in 1952 received $124.95 monthly, if married BAQ was $67.50 and overseas pay $13.00. This gave him a grand total of $2465.00 annually. In 2000 an E6 was pulling in about $30,000.00 annually and had many other so-called entitlements not available to Korean and Vietnam soldiers. If you were on recruiting duty, I assume you received extra pay but did not include it in the 30,000.00. Most draftees had their wives living back home with their families. They didn’t get on post housing. For these reasons I become a little upset when someone puts the Korean and Vietnam draftees down. I am not against higher pay for the military if they earn it, but I am against those who cry how tough they had it. It was your choice to follow a military career… the draftees had no choice.
Report Post »Alex
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:07amWhile on Active Duty in the mid-90′s I was a member of the most violent and most deployed brigade in the United States Army at the time. When conducting barracks inspection one day, we found AK-47s, a variety of small arms, etc. which was against Army and Base policy. One soldier had a homemade bazooka and when we asked why he had it, he said; “for protection from the gangs”. Gangs were rampant in this unit; they joined the Army the training. One gang member shot a lieutenant in the foot while in formation. Trust me, gang mentality doesn’t get beaten out of you in basic training; it gets refined.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:21amMost people haven’t a clue to the depths this has become a problem…
Report Post »nappy
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:03amDon‘t alks don’t tell
Report Post »Channel3
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:21amDon’t ax, don’t tell.
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:02amJesus is returning soon (if it takes him 20 years, that’s soon). The condition of the world during the last days will resemble those described in His Word.
If Jesus is your Lord and Savior, then you are saved from the worst of what’s to come. The more you know that He is in control, the more peaceful you are.
Report Post »LibertarianForLife
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:34amYou have no evidence that your imaginary friend even exists haha.. i’m curious as to how you decide his actions as well.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:44amLIBERTARIAN, it’s called faith.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:33amJesus is my strong name
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:58amLMAO. I see a Libertarian Code-Pink Ron Paul supporting atheist has chimed in.
As usual… nothing to see there.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:59pmWhy am I not surprised.
Its coming………..are you ready?
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:42amWhat’s coming? Most local militias wont be able to stand against these military trained and literally battle hardened street thugs.– Exactly what those (Soros) that dream of collapse and chaos are counting on.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:04amDONALDH… I beg to differ…
Report Post »I think it would be the other way around, the common “STREET THUG” would not last long in this environment. Most “militias” are formed from VETS in this area, and range in age from Viet-Nam era to recently discharged vets, and approx 50% or better are battle hardened, including myself. Sheer numbers alone give us the advantage, and the “home court” would also weigh heavily in our favor .
No one knows the actual number, for obvious reasons, but they are vast and in every part of the state. Try to get near a shooting range lately? Wait time to get a range has doubled at best, and these citizens are serious and possess all manor and caliber of arms from common hi powered hunting rifles to hi-tech “black rifles”. I carry two , one for close up work and one for long range threats, being a former sniper.
There are also many “civies” to be sure, but please don’t underestimate their ability and resolve. I have and still pray for the return of civility and constitutional rule of this great land, but sadly feel as was stated earlier, and am still prepared for the worst.
RVN svc 71-72 … Semper Fi!
familyfirst6
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:58pmOH GREAT! First our nation’s capital is all kinds of screwed up, and now our military isn’t that reliable either! This is looking better and better each day….God help us…here our prayer
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:16amYes .. thugs in the White House .. thugs in the military … the world is upside down.
TEA!
Report Post »sweetieboat
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:52pmIn my day, the government took gang members and made men of them. I think some might get though, but not many. I would be more concerned bout the issue of the president being commander and chief and our leaders in the military who will not be courageous enogh to stand for God, Freedom and country.
Report Post »So many of the men in Germany did not have the courage to stand and in the end died anyway. If we die lets us die for that which is ture.
Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:51pmQuote from the link in the story: “There are approximately 1.4 million active street, prison, and OMG gang members comprising more than 33,000 gangs in the United States.”
1.4 million gang member is the estimated total number of people in gangs in the US. The huge majority of these are NOT in the military. I think you messed up a bit there Blaze.
Report Post »PATRIOTGRUNT
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:04am@ DOUGREL You are correct. The total number of Active and Reserves is just under 3 million. I seriously doubt that half of them are gang bangers . It’s impossible. Either CHRIS or FBI screwed up
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:19amYes you are right. It might not be 1.4 million, but 50 to 100 thousand would still be a problem.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:03amIt’s not 50-100k either, I can promise you that. I would estimate 1% tops, so maybe 20k? And even that sounds overly inflated to me.
Granted, there are most certainly gang members in the military as I know from experience (as a member of the military, not as a gang member), and gangs are certainly problems on many bases. But the problem is nowhere near what is being portrayed here.
Report Post »mgillaspie
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:37amThis article does not ever say that 1.4 million gang members are in the military, it says, they are recruiting from the 1.4 million gang members int he U.S. Wake up and READ.
Report Post »Lux
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:50am@ MG
I was thinking the same thing while reading the responses’ to this article.
“A troubling new FBI assessment has found that the American military has become infiltrated *from* the estimated 1.4 million gang members currently *in the United States*.”
Report Post »korbin
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:45pmWell, look at the NFL, same thing. I know some Military guys that are definitely off camber. When you lower the standards just like all the illegal mexicans crossing the border continually they lower the standards. They are third world mentality selling tamales in the walmart parking lot no license no health inspections no taxes. Their competitors have store fronts that are required to follow the rules. look into the trash can at any popular taco shop ( in bathroom) they wipe their asses and put in trash instead of toilet. Believe me its true, they act like they don’t know what plumbing is. The point is they lower the standards. In my industry they are the State of Comufornia is considering lowering the standards for water distribution and treatment test due to influx in Mexicans. they can’t pass the tests so lets lower the standards. same as military, you recruit crap, you get crap. Gangs are prominent, and the police are scared. why not brand them as terrorist? because they know the courts would be overrun as well as the prisons. They are terrorists, all gangs are. God forbid a white guy owns a few legal firearms and has a right wing number sticker they could easily be branded as a terrorist, and jailed life ruined. Wasn’t it the govt that said if your not with us you are against us.. Just saying, its the truth, politicians just don’t have to live around this environment. they are so far removed thats why its easy for them to “feel” sorry and support w m
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:55amYou are so correct, i could not tell it any better than you did.
Report Post »And the reason they defile bathrooms so bad, is they are third world lowlife, and have not figured out toilets actually flush in this country.
Channel3
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:33amSo true about the Mexican culture.
Report Post »2 points:1. Mexico can’t figure out how to build a sewer system that allows you to flush toilet paper.
2. Mexico can’t figure out how to manufacture toilet paper that can be flushed.
So let’s just throw it in the corner! Pretty smart!
COFemale
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:45pmWell it is good to know he can count to three.
Report Post »IndyNWguy
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:54amThat hurt my sides.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:42pmWhen a nation turns it’s back on God, they are in much trouble. Many Americans did that many years ago and they totally went off the deep in in Nov of 2008 when the majority elected a none believer called Barrack Hussein Obama! Oh he believes, just not in the God of Abraham Isaiah and Jacob, through which Jesus came in the flesh! When he told the ABC interviewer that no one had made fun of his Muslim faith, that was no slip of the tongue. George Stephonopholous said, you mean your Christian faith don’t you, Obama said yea my Christian faith! The Lord tried to reveal the truth and no one was listening!
Report Post »Seabass82
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:53pmI couldn’t agree more!
Report Post »SIXFRIGATES
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:28amToo many refuse to hear with their ears and see with their eyes.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:50ami was listening.
Report Post »liberalismisacancer
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:47amAMEN…..watch all these heathens fall down and cry OH MY GOD! when Judgement Date does come.. but they have NO GOD
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:40pmThey join for the training.
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:41pmAnd experience!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:57pmWhy is this allowed and why aren’t they given a dishonorable discharge?
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:37amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=hpMg393Imk4
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:39pmNo doubt that this is a real problem. It is not the first time it has been reported. It is a problem in some parts of our nation when it comes to law enforcement recruits as well. Luckily, they seem to be screened out better than in the military. This is not your grandfather’s US military but rather a reflection of the unmoral and corrupt society we have become.
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:17pmThis Administration and Bleeding Heart Libotards had best
Report Post »get their heads out of their AZZ’s….Illegals and gang members
have NO PLACE in the MILITARY…….PERIOD.
Once in the Gang always in the Gang..wake up Janet, !!
Find out someone is a Gang member and he/she has been
Combat Trained or has been in combat..I would have them
register once Discharged…No exceptions….this is happening
in Mexico TODAY, they get trained as Police and Military then
go to work for the cartels….surely someone in this dumb azz
administration has seen this by now?? The DOJ is too busy
giving them GUNS….GAWD !!!!
COFemale
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:36pmI’d rather have them shoot insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan than shoot others on the streets of America. Apparently, they don’t seem to be a threat to each other and are we sure they didn’t join the service to get away from gang violence. It was probably join the service or shot by fellow gang member for wanting to leave.
Report Post »It does not seem to a big issue otherwise, we would have heard about many violent acts occurring on military bases.
KangarooJack
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:52pmrefer to Bonnieblue2A’s post…take note of this day. Take note of your own post. Just watch what happens in the next month regarding little snippets in 1st mainstream media, then your local newspaper (via a National editorial)…just watch.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:34amIt‘s a big issue if they start shaking down the rest of the troops who don’t want to join a gang. it’s a big issue when they finally get out and have all that government training to whoop azz in their neighborhoods.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:31pmIf its from ABC well you know it’s the gospel truth (sarcasm)1.4 million and they just now figure it out b.s, there might be some but i am asking myself why bring this up unless it’s to cast a bad light on the armed forces community why not we know they think veterans are terrorists to be watched by DHS.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:39pmBut that is what happend in mexico .
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:51pmI’ve got no experience with the military..but I do believe that is their job to bust you down and build you back..I would think that it would get rid of any gang type of mentality..like if you were in a gang and got into trouble and you agreed to enlist…I would think that it would make a new responsible person out of you. I am thinking that this is just a propaganda machine. You know…like when Janet Napoleono said when she first went in that we should (I’m sure she was talking about her and Obama and their administration) that the returning war veterans should be considered as potential terrorrists. We can’t let them cast suspicion on our own military..that is unless they happen to be muslim…then our own troops are in danger. Remember..we have Muslims in all forms of government now..We are a Muslim run nation and they are also in our FBI and CIA, right on up to the oval office. Obama is flooding the US with black Somali Muslims. (Tens of thousands) Many I believe are going to Seattle, to Minnesota., and the Catholic Church has moved a great many to Amarillo TX. We can’t let them put emnity between us and our military.. but the enemy does bear scrutiny..and we know who the enemy is.. To our military…thank you for your service..we stand behind you all the way.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:30pmJust setting things up people…Oh, Goodness! The Military is infiltrated with {gasp} gangmembers! Run in fright. “They” are all around us kinda mentality.
People, PLEASE, just STAND. Put on the armor of God and Stand.
The military would chew up and spit out little pants hangin gang bangers. Gang members are making waaayyy too much $$$$ to even think about joining the military. Join for what??? Their Country? Ah, man, I am NOT looking forward to what’s coming.
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 1:23amEven if 1/4th true, not good
Report Post »toto
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:26pmThe people who are supposed to protect us should not be our enemies! ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? If any of these kids can be shown to be involved with gangs after enlistment, it should be an automatic out. Period. No buts. Done.
Report Post »Broncobuster
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:25pmI came up with 2.26 million active and reserve military. I don’t believe it is infected with 1.4 million gang members . Someone is pulling our leg .
Report Post »Markie Mark
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:22pmI have heard this before, this is definately not a good thing. To provide the US Military training and tactics to gang bangers shows just how F@@@ up this country is becoming. I sure hope the military can immediately address this. What is happening to this country????
Report Post »Ex-Democrat
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:29pmIf that is what they’re looking to get out of it, then that is a extremely frightening prospect Gangs as criminals militias.with military training to use against police,citizens, and local governments.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:08am@Ex-Democrat Just like in Mexico.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:31amThere were gang members in WWII. What’s the biggie?
Report Post »Ex-Democrat
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:22pmOK, I have to admit that I just don’t get this one. Gangs are typically insular, territorial, overly materialistic, and look out exclusively for themselves. For what reason(s) would gang members join any organization that exemplifies values that are the opposite of those of gangs? Is there that much money to be had in selling drugs to our military?
Report Post »OPFOR
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:11amSome one already said this up there; it was this that got me to get involved in posting on some sites, in fact I had email GB about this very thing, about a year ago or more a report was done after an Iraqi vet came back to the valley where I now live, he was a validated gang member one night he got so high he decided to call the police from a pay phone at a local convenience store, he told the operator that there was a man with a gun out side… he waited by the phone when the officers arrive they saw the man by the phone …. the gangbanger started to slice the pie with an AK and got one … then advance on the other… they both were killed; after it took 15 officers to get the guy.. in an alley the officer in charge said that they never had seen anything like it .. the perp had advance about 15 yard on them before they got him; long story short go to youtube and search Gangs in the military and see for your self the partying going on in which they show the pictures of them with their gang signs in the air .. I did this after the shooting and I tell you, is not going to be fun when they get back now with urban assault tactics, like I said before talk to your friends and family that are military where do they stand on this battle of the minds that is going on here in our own lines so that you know if you have a sheepdog or a wolf among your own.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:15amTraining in tactics & marksmanship. When people ask you about yourself you tell them prior service & they don’t ask as many questions. You can always gang bang on the side or put it on hold for 4 years.
Report Post »BCPATIOT
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:45amHigh propability that they feel emboldened by BHO known afilliations/stance on everything from commmunist veiws/ to non conpliance of U>S> laws Also, word on “the street” was that “guns” would be curtailed…in the private sector.
Report Post »INTHEMATRIX
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:20pmWow Obama’s army indeed… Hard to believe one of the world’s greatest fighting forces has become a hideout for new militarized fighting force for evil.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 11:14pmWhether this is true or not…..I’m finding it incredibly difficult to believe. Either way, can someone tell me why it is so rare for anyone to come forward and say “you know, I believed in this crazy ideology for so long but I finally realized how insane it is. I was wrong and the truth prevailed.”
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 12:49amAre the progressives trying to turn people against our military? The numbers don’t add up. If there is any truth to this isn’t giving the young mexicans citizenship if they join the military asking for more problems? The gangs are hard core enough without military training. I am sure allot of them would be fine but it seems to me that we are putting our brave and dedicated militery men and women in dsnger as well. Kick these people out with a dishonerable discarge and be done with it.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 2:06pmAnyone that happens to see this post above the reply box, and are making a reply to the first 10 comments without reading the rest, the Blaze fixed the error in the last 11 hours or so. We were right, stop saying we were wrong.
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Report Post »“American military is infiltrated with an estimated 1.4 million gang members” -The Blaze (prior to 1am on 10-23-11)
Pontiac
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Why remove my post? So everyone that commented before the changes look like fools and get called names? You guys rewrote the article, just admit it instead of making EVERYONE in the comments section look like fools…
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