US Army Eliminates “Moral Character” as Requirement for Service
The US Army recently published an updated version of Army Regulation 601-210, Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program. The new version, dated 8 February 2011, makes an interesting change. 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 of the prior version, now occur only one time in the entire publication. Unfortunately, it appears to have been implemented with a simple “find and replace” of the word “moral.” For example, where it once said: Read more