Gangs in the US Military

[A1Kaid]

The History channel once broadcasted a great and insightful documentary called "Gangland in the United States Military" it revealed that street gangs have managed to infiltrate the United States Military. Please watch the shocking and compelling Documentary below!!!


Something you should ponder:
Many street gangs like the Neo-Nazis, MS13, Bloods and Crips have infiltrated the US Military. They are taught how to shoot, aim, kidnap, ambush, charge, defensive and offensive warfare, urban combat, home invasions, and more. These criminals then after leaving the military go back to their hoods and use what the military taught them in their crimes.

The truth is the United States military has a large number of criminals and gangsters in its military occupying many key positions, and let's not talk about their war criminal administration George Bush, Dick Cheney, George "Slam Dunk" Tenet, and war criminal Donald Rumsfeld. The United States military has actually something called a "Moral Waiver" This means even if you are a prior felon or someone who has committed rape, murder, or have psychological problems you will still be recruited in the military and trained to fire machine guns, rocket launchers, do home invasions, and how to kidnap a "suspect" these are very useful skills for these criminals. Actually many of these criminals after being released go back into the streets and use the techniques they learned in the army to help them in their crimes like using military tactics during a robbery.

To learn more about the MORAL WAIVER please visit the sources below!!!

One in Eight Army Recruits Require Moral Waiver

Criminal History Waivers

US army increases use of moral waivers to meet demand for troops | World news | guardian.co.uk

US Criminal Leaders and US Criminal Soldiers

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Gangs in the military: How much do we know?
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, February 8, 2007

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The 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment

The Army Criminal Investigation Command’s FY 2006 Gang Activity Threat Assessment

A January, 2007 FBI report on gang-related activity in the Armed Forces

For several years, there have been allegations among law-enforcement officials and in the media of a strong presence of street gangs within the U.S. military. Military officials acknowledge that gang members can be found in the services, particularly the Army, but insist that gang membership does not pose a serious problem.

Stars and Stripes set out to explore the issue. Reporters interviewed dozens of military officers, police officials, military and civilian investigators, former gang members and ordinary servicemembers. This is what they found:

¶ Although the number of gang-related incidents officially chronicled by the Army is small (60 last year), the number had nearly tripled from the year before. Officials say a broader definition of what constitutes a “gang incident” partly accounted for the sharp increase. Outside experts say that in reality more incidents occur than are listed by the military.

¶ Regardless of the number, several high-profile incidents in recent years have cast an unwelcome light on the issue of gangs in the military, including a murder in Germany, several assaults and cases of servicemembers selling or giving stolen military equipment — including weapons and body armor — to street gangs. Most have occurred in the United States.

¶ The loosening of recruiting standards has experts worried that people with criminal backgrounds, particularly association with gangs, are more likely to get into the military than before.

¶ Some commands and military officials are taking the problem seriously, looking to raise awareness and to find solutions.

¶ Defense officials see no evidence that any service’s mission is being compromised because of it, but outside authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have expressed concerns.

The FBI’s January 2007 report, titled “Gang-Related Activity in the U.S. Armed Forces Increasing,” reads, in part:

“Members of nearly every major street gang have been identified on both domestic and international military installations….

“Gang membership in the armed forces can disrupt good order and discipline, increase criminal activity on and off military installations, and compromise installation security and force protection….

“[Military members retaining their gang loyalties] could ultimately jeopardize the safety of other military members and impede gang-affiliated soldiers’ ability to act in the best interest of their country.”

Over the next four days, Stars and Stripes takes a hard look at gangs in the military.

 

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Reports show increase in gang-related crimes
By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, February 8, 2007

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The 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment

The Army Criminal Investigation Command’s FY 2006 Gang Activity Threat Assessment

A January, 2007 FBI report on gang-related activity in the Armed Forces

WASHINGTON — Gang activity in the military is increasing, and the number of gang-related crimes involving soldiers and their families nearly tripled from fiscal 2005 to fiscal 2006, according to a pair of new reports.

Both studies note that gang members represent only a small fraction of the total force, but say that gangs have become a bigger presence — and a bigger concern — in just the last few years.

“Gang-related activity in the military is increasing and poses a threat to law enforcement officials and national security,” according to the FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center report, released in January.

“Members of nearly every major street gang have been identified on both domestic and international military installations.”

In the Army’s fiscal 2006 Criminal Investigation Command report, the threat posed by gangs to servicemembers is still considered minor.

“Reports indicate there is a small number of soldiers involved in gangs or gang-related activity,” the report states. “Military communities continue to be a more stable, secure and lawful environment than their civilian counterparts.”

The report from the Criminal Investigation Command, or CID, tracks an increase from 23 reported gang incidents in fiscal 2005 to 60 in fiscal 2006, saying in part the new servicewide definition of gangs added more cases to the total.

Chris Grey, chief of public affairs for Army CID, said most of those cases involved misdemeanors where gang activity was suspected but not necessarily proved.

“It’s important to keep the numbers in perspective,” Grey said.

Of those 60 cases, 16 resulted in formal investigations of soldiers. Grey said in the other cases, gang activity was suspected but not proved.

Yet in 40 of the 44 remaining incidents, either a soldier or a dependent is under scrutiny for what is thought to be gang-related activity.

Among the more serious cases are the murder of a soldier during a fight outside a nightclub at Fort Campbell, Ky.; a murder charge against a soldier related to a robbery near Fort Bragg, N.C.; a rape by a soldier at Camp Taji, Iraq; and five drug possession and dealing cases.

Gang crimes or suspected gang activity was reported at 18 bases in fiscal 2006, including three bases in Germany and two incidents in Iraq. In fiscal 2005, Army investigators had identified problems at 11 bases, including cases in Germany, Japan and Iraq.

The FBI notes shortcomings in the military’s tracking of gang incidents, in part because many are reported as “conduct matters” and handled internally. Their report identifies junior enlisted troops as the most likely to belong to gangs, but notes anecdotal evidence of gang membership “present in most branches and across all ranks.”

Pentagon spokesman Maj. Stewart Upton said the Pentagon had no comment on those allegations.

 

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PowerPoint presentation educates leaders about gangs
By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, February 8, 2007

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A 1st ID-sponsored report on criminal street gangs in the military

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A 1st Armored Division soldier in Germany flashing a gang sign while on guard duty.

Gangster Disciples graffiti scrawled near the helipad on Leighton Barracks in Würzburg, Germany.

Wine glasses decorated with Gangster Disciples symbols that soldiers had made at a German-American festival.

The pictures are in a 2006 PowerPoint presentation on criminal street gangs in the military by Kenneth Ferguson Kelly, a former military police investigator in Germany. Stars and Stripes obtained a copy of the presentation.

The 43-slides offer insights into why gang members join the military; comments from a former gang member in the Army; instances of gang activity in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines; analyses of gang symbols; and proactive responses with which military leaders can combat gangs.

The slide show, titled “Criminal Street Gangs In the ‘MILITARY,’ ” was a compilation of material gathered over several years, said Maj. Thomas Acklen, whose name appears on the brief’s title page. He now works at U.S. Army Garrison Schinnen, Netherlands. He didn’t put the presentation together all on his own, he said, and the briefing is constantly being updated.

The presentation and others like it around Europe are used as educational tools for commanders at all levels — from company level on up to division, Acklen said.

“Throughout Europe there was kind of a directive,” he said. “There’s several people throughout Europe that give these briefs.”

The slide show could be considered a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the military is immune to gang infiltration. “There is ample evidence that members of the Armed Forces have had previous, or have current and active contact with criminal street gangs and extremist groups,” according to the presentation.

Gang members join the military for a number of reasons, including recruiting dependents and soldiers, acquiring weapons, learning tactics and trafficking drugs, the presentation states.

“There is a felony waiver process for joining the military so not all soldiers that come into the Army have a clean past,” according to notes in the presentation.

“Some are trying to leave the gangs, but others are using the military job as a cover. Joining a gang requires being beat into the gang. Leaving a gang requires the same,” the presentation also said.

The presentation lists several examples of gang activity in the military, including the death of Sgt. Juwan Johnson in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Johnson was severely beaten July 3, 2005, during an alleged initiation ceremony into the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples. The 25-year-old soldier was found dead in his barracks the next day.

Soldiers need to be educated about the dangers of joining gangs and extremist groups or associating with them, the presentation says.

“Some of the signs are a sudden change in routine, new larger groups of friends, sudden change in dress or similar appearance to others in peer groups, increase in money with no viable source, drug abuse and or trafficking, alcohol abuse or a rebellious attitude toward work or others,” the presentation states. “New tattoos or brands, the displaying of graffiti or gang signs in drawings or pictures, even a sudden interest in knives and guns can be a tell-tale sign of an interest in becoming a member of a group.”

Proactive responses listed in the presentation include avoiding denial of gang dynamics, knowing and enforcing policies and regulations, and initiating legal actions for violations of military law.

One of the last slides calls for sharing information:

“Making sure the leadership is aware of the issues is key to this and of course sharing the information with others.”

 

[A1Kaid]

Thanks for your posted articles Keysersoze, very informative. If you watch the Documentary I posted it also confirms much of the information in the Articles you posted.

I live in the United States, and I have come across some shady gangster type people who also have military experience and background! The thing is here in the United States they recruit in many poor minority neighborhoods like Latinos, and Black communities and many gang active teenagers enroll in the Military and are taught Military "Basic Training" they (Active gang members) then teach combat skills and basic training to their fellow gang members so they can engage Police and other enemy gangs in Armed-Combat on the streets!!!

Part of Basic Military Training in Urban warfare is learning how to do a military style "Home Invasion" one time a active gang member who was also in the Marines used these same Home Invasion skills to break into a house!!!