A decade after the Army ended a recruiting program embroiled in accusations of fraud and mismanagement, more than 2,400 soldiers who were never charged with wrongdoing are likely shackled by a misleading flag on their criminal records.
“We are branded as criminals,” Army Capt. Gilberto De Leon told Fox News. “There was times where I broke down on my knees … My career ruined, about to lose my pension. How am I gonna support my family of eight?” Soldiers and veterans say they’ve lost jobs, been denied bank loans or weapons permits, and suffered other consequences because of an obscure Army process that treats anyone who is merely investigated for wrongdoing as guilty.
