Another type of gang mem­ber has also begun to pro­lif­er­ate within the mil­i­tary, evi­dently thanks to low­ered recruit­ment stan­dards and an increas­ing ten­dency of recruiters to look the other way. In July, a study by the South­ern Poverty Law Cen­ter, which tracks racist and right-wing mili­tia groups, found that because of press­ing man­power con­cerns, “large num­bers of neo-Nazis and skin­head extrem­ists” are now serv­ing in the military.

U.S. is recruit­ing mis­fits for army, Felons, racists, gang mem­bers fill in the ranks