{"id":10204,"date":"2011-03-22T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=10204"},"modified":"2011-03-22T00:16:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T05:16:26","slug":"us-army-eliminates-moral-character-as-requirement-for-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/us-army-eliminates-moral-character-as-requirement-for-service\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Eliminates “Moral Character” as Requirement for Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Army recently published an updated version of Army Regulation 601-210, Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program<\/em>.\u00a0 The new version, dated 8 February 2011, makes an interesting change.\u00a0 From the list of revisions at the front of the regulation:<\/p>\n

Changes all references of “moral qualification or waiver” to “conduct qualification or waiver” (throughout).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The words “moral character,” a mainstay of the prior version, now occur only one time in the entire publication.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it appears to have been implemented with a simple “find and replace” of the word “moral.”\u00a0 For example, where it once said:\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Applicants with a criminal history (regardless of disposition) or questionable moral character…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It now says<\/p>\n

Applicants with a criminal history (regardless of disposition) or questionable conduct character…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What, precisely, is “conduct character?”\u00a0 Also, while “moral qualification” has been changed to “conduct qualification,” the very next sentence still says recruits can be “morally disqualified.”<\/p>\n

That notwithstanding,\u00a0the change\u00a0may clarify some other questionable terminology with which the Army often had to cope.\u00a0 It raised eyebrows when people said they needed to get a “moral waiver” to enlist in the Army.\u00a0 Now, they simply need a “conduct” waiver.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, “moral character” means more than simple conduct.<\/p>\n

You can read the original<\/a> and updated<\/a> regulations (PDF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US Army recently published an updated version of Army Regulation 601-210, Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program.\u00a0 The new version, dated 8 February 2011, makes an interesting change.\u00a0 From the list of revisions at the front of the regulation: Changes all references of “moral qualification or waiver” to “conduct qualification or waiver” (throughout). The words “moral character,” a mainstay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1585,88,1588,1586,2,1587,1584],"class_list":["post-10204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-ar-601-210","tag-army","tag-conduct","tag-enlistment-program","tag-military","tag-moral-qualification","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}