Military homeschool legislation timeline and related information

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1974

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=417&invol=733#743 (pop-up warning)
PARKER v. LEVY, 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
This Court has long recognized that the military is, by necessity, a specialized society separate from civilian society. We have also recognized that the military has, again by necessity, developed laws and traditions of its own during its long history. The differences between the military and civilian communities result from the fact that "it is the primary business of armies and navies to fight or be ready to fight wars should the occasion arise."
 

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1993

http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/dodandmilitaryejournals/www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d130412x.htm
DoD Directive 1304.12, DoD Military Personnel Accession Testing Programs
22 Jun 1993

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1998

http://www.defenselink.mil/execsec/adr98/chap10.html
Annual Report to the President and Congress
William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense
Recruits with a high school diploma are especially valued. Years of research and experience show that about 80 percent of recruits who hold a high school diploma will complete their initial three years of service.  [emphasis added] Fewer than 50 percent of those who failed to complete high school will do that. Those holding an alternative credential, such as the General Educational Development certificate, fall between those extremes. Over the past five years, more than 95 percent of all active duty recruits have held a high school diploma, compared to 77 percent of American youth ages 18 to 23.

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/GED/gedusaf.html
The GED and the U.S. Armed Forces

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ261.105
STROM THURMOND NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
Section 571,  PILOT PROGRAM FOR TREATING GED AND HOME SCHOOL DIPLOMA RECIPIENTS AS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR DETERMINATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES.  (caps in original)

http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/v14n6/v14n605.asp
HSLDA:  Defense Authorization Bill of 1998
November/December 1998

http://www.hslda.org/docs/GetDoc.asp?DocID=243&FormatTypeID=PDF 
HSLDA:  Coverdell letter to OSD
15 Dec 98

http://www.hslda.org/docs/GetDoc.asp?DocID=243&FormatTypeID=PDF
HSLDA:  Letter from Paul Coverdell to W.S. Sellman, Director of Accession Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
lack of compliance on the part of DoD with the Tier I pilot program written into law by Senator Coverdell's amendment
15 Dec 1998

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1999

http://www.hslda.org/docs/GetDoc.asp?DocID=244&FormatTypeID=PDF
HSLDA:  letter to Paul Coverdell
12 Jan 1999

http://www.hslda.org/docs/hshb/10/hshb1009.asp 
HSLDA:  Congress approves a program to allow more home schoolers into the military
21 Jan 1999

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb1999/n02011999_9902011.html
Defense Link Articles
DoD Evaluating Recruits with Alternative Diplomas
Feb 1999

http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/v15n4/v15n410.asp
HSLDA:  Military Recruitment of Home Schoolers Increasing
Jul/Aug 1999


 

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2000

http://www.mhla.org/advocacy/militaryelig.htm
Massachusetts Home Learning Association
"Military Survey Re-ignites Fears of Legislation" Summary of the issue by Maggie Sadoway
"When is New Legislation Worth the Risk?" Results of research into the issue by Nicky Hardenbergh
"The Survey by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) included a cover letter from the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)."
Spring 2000

http://www.homeedmag.com/HEM/172.00/ma_clmn_tch.html
Home Education Magazine, "The Military-HSLDA Complex and Our Freedoms," Larry and Susan Kaseman
March-April 2000

(no longer online)
Department of Defense

http://www.defenselink.mil/odam/omp/pubs/GuideBook/Pdf/DoD.PDF
DoD organization chart
March 2000
(chart shows no Defense Recruiting Agency, nor a Unified Recruiting Command)

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000245.asp 
HSLDA:  Pilot program for treating GED and hmschl diploma recipients as high school grads
4 Dec 2000
 

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2001

http://www.defenselink.mil/odam/omp/pubs/GuideBook/ToC.htm
DoD Organization and Functions Guidebook

http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/
2001 - 2006 DoD Strategic Plan for Personnel and Readiness
http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/mppaccession.html
same office's Accession Policy (policy on commissioning officers, service academies, and enlisted recruiting)
http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/mpprecruiting.html
same office's links to Military Recruiting

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/2005020040.pdf
HSLDA:  PDF of letter from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense "Recruiting Priority for Home School Diploma Graduates and National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program GED Graduates
"There is no requirement in Department policy, nor law, demanding that home school diploma graduates hold a GED certifcate as a precondition of enlistment, nor shall such a criterion be established as part of the recruitment policies of the Military Departments.  All education qualifications shall be coded in compliance with OSD definitions and guidelines."

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200506150.asp 
HSLDA:  Military Recruitment of Homeschoolers
30 Apr 2001

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200109050.asp 
HSLDA:  Military Enlistment of Home Schoolers Rising
September 5, 2001

http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/v17n6/v17n610.asp 
HSLDA:  Military enlistment of home schoolers rising
Nov/Dec 2001

 

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2002

http://www.dod.mil/prhome/poprep2002/
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness, Population Representation in the Military Services
http://www.dod.mil/prhome/poprep2002/chapter2/c2_recruiting.htm
The Recruiting Process
Educational Credentials. DoD implemented a three-tier classification of education credentials in 1987. The three tiers are:
Tier 1—Regular high school graduates, adult diploma holders, and non-graduates with at least 15 hours of college credit.
Tier 2—Alternative credential holders, including those with a General Education Development (GED) certificate of high school equivalency.
Tier 3—Those with no education credential.

The system was developed after research indicated a strong relationship between education credentials and successful completion of the first term of military service. [footnote 10] Research shows that education attainment of youth predicts first-term military attrition. [footnote 11] In conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences, the Defense Department developed a mathematical model that links recruit quality and recruiting resources to job performance. [footnote 12] The model was then used to establish the recruit quality benchmarks now in effect. Service programs are required to ensure that a minimum of 90 percent of non-prior service (NPS) recruits are high school diploma graduates. At least 60 percent of recruits must be drawn from AFQT Categories I–IIIA; no more than 4 percent of the recruits can come from Category IV. This DoD policy does not prohibit the Services from setting their own targets above these benchmarks. These benchmarks were set by examining the relationship between costs associated with recruiting, training, attrition, and retention using as a standard the performance level obtained by the reference cohort of 1990, the cohort that served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Thus, these benchmarks reflect the recruit quality levels necessary to minimize personnel and training costs while maintaining Desert Shield/Desert Storm cohort performance. [footnote 13]

The Services have different standards for individuals in each tier. Generally, Tier 3 applicants must have higher AFQT test scores than Tier 2 applicants, who must have higher test scores than Tier 1 individuals. The Air Force and Marine Corps follow these differential standards, requiring different minimum test scores for each tier. The other Services apply the standards slightly differently. The Army and Navy require applicants with alternative credentials (Tier 2) and those with no credentials (Tier 3) to meet the same AFQT standards, which are more stringent than those for high school graduates (Tier 1).

There has been a proliferation of alternative credential programs, particularly home schooling, in recent years. According to the latest estimate, in 1999 an estimated 850,000 students were being home schooled, more than double the approximately 345,000 in 1994.[footnote 14] To address such programs, the Department of Defense initiated a pilot study in FY 1999—The Alternative Educational Credential Pilot Program. The goals of the project are: (1) to assess the interest in enlistment of home school graduates and participants earning GED certificates through the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program, and (2) to evaluate the performance of the alternative credential holders in these programs who do enlist. At the conclusion of the study, the results will be used to provide a recommendation on permanent tier status of home school graduates and ChalleNGe GED applicants.[footnote 15]
FY 2002

http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/v18n1/v18n110.asp
HSLDA:  Military enlistment of home schoolers rising
Jan/Feb 2002

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200201180.asp
HSLDA:  Home Schooler Wins Battle to Join the Army
18 Jan 2002

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/pdf/navrecruit.pdf
Navy Recruiting Manual-Enlisted COMNAVCRUITCOMINST 1130.8F
11 Mar 2002

http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/V18N2/V18N203.asp 
HSLDA:  How do home school graduates enter the military?
Mar/Apr 2002

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/51001.htm
DoD Directive 5100.1, "Functions of the Department of Defense and Its Major Components,"
(DoD's connection to recruiting by each military service)
1 Aug 2002

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2003

http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/poprep2001/
Population Representation in the Military Services, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense FY 2001 (publ. Mar 2003)
http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/poprep2001/chapter2/c2_education.htm
Education

More than 30 years of research indicates that enlistees who are high school graduates are much more likely than non-graduates to complete their first term of enlistment (80 percent versus 50 percent).[Footnote 29] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Services gave high school graduates, including those with alternative education credentials, higher priority for enlistment. In the mid- to late 1970s, the Army, Navy, and Air Force classified GED holders and high school graduates differently because evidence showed that persons with GED certification experienced higher first-term attrition. Today, in all Services, applicants with GEDs need higher AFQT scores to enlist than do high school diploma graduates. In fact, the Services strive to meet a 90 percent Tier 1 benchmark established by Defense Planning Guidance.

Additional research indicates that those with other alternative credentials, such as adult education and correspondence school diplomas, also have attrition rates greater than regular high school graduates.[Footnote 30] In 1987, DoD implemented a three-tier classification of education credentials. Table 2.7 shows the percentage of FY 2001 active duty NPS accessions by education tier. Ninety-one percent of recruits possessed high school diplomas and/or some college education (Tier 1); 8 percent held alternative high school credentials (Tier 2); and 1 percent had not completed high school (Tier 3). It should be noted that enlisted occupations are generally comparable to civilian jobs not requiring college education.
Mar 2003

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200308/200308190.asp 
HSLDA:  Military Enlistment Program for Homeschoolers Likely Extended
August 19, 2003

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200309/200309090.asp
HSLDA:  Breakthrough for Homeschoolers Enlisting in the Military
9 Sep 2003
(Court Report version
http://hslda.us/courtreport/V19N6/V19N611.asp?PrinterFriendly=True )

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/200309230.asp 
HSLDA:  Editorial: Making everyone count in the military
23 Sep 2003

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000033.asp 
HSLDA:  Federal Law Allows For Homeschoolers to Enter Military
October 16, 2003

http://www.phc.edu/news/docs/031218Media.asp
ROTC Now an Option for PHC Students
18 December 2003

http://www.baptiststandard.com/2003/4_28/pages/army.html
Army says pastors' training at Fort Bragg meets regulations
North Carolina Biblical Recorder
28 April 2003

http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5114&abbr=pr&security=1002&news_iv_ctrl=1284
U.S. Military Support For Baptist Evangelism Program Draws Protest From Americans United
Use Of Army Base, Military Resources To Recruit Pastors Into Church Outreach Work Violates Constitution, Says Watchdog Group
7 April 2003

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/16/attack/main578471.shtml
General Seeks 'Satan' Speech Probe
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2003

http://www.phc.edu/news/docs/200401160.pdf
2003 PHC President’s Report
Very recently, we were invited by the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) to send our students for officer training. Placing our graduates on the path to leadership in the U.S. military is another way PHC can influence the nation.
December 2003
 
 

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2004

http://www.cna.org/documents/D0009351.A2.pdf
Final Analysis of Evaluation of Homeschool and ChalleNGe Program Recruits, Center for Naval Analyses
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Table 12 on PDF page 39  FY96-FY02
Total number of accessions [accessions = the # of new recruits; keep
in mind that the AF included those with associate degrees as well as
the Navy including some dropouts so the number of 'true'
homeschoolers is probably less than is indicated below]

Traditional high school graduates . . .1,082,278

GED holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,075

ChalleNGe graduates . . . . . . . . . . . .3,059 [jr. nat'l guard]

Homeschooled graduates . . . . . . . . . . 2,845
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PDF page 84:
[abridged] Table 20. 12-month attrition rates by education credential
and Service with confidence intervals [no, I don't know what
a "confidence interval" is]

Education credential
. . . . . . . . . Army. . . Navy . Air Force Marines . DoD
Tier 1:
Homeschooled . . .22.8. . . 28.4 . .10.4 . . .27.6 . . 22.6
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Jan 2004


http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/Issues/H/Home_School_Enlistment.asp 
HSLDA:  Homeschoolers in the Military
Feb 2004

http://www.phc.edu/news/trumpet/2004_06/2004_06_06.asp
2004 Council for Statesmanship
Lieutenant General William G. "Jerry" Boykin, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, was the keynote speaker at PHC's March 29 Council for Statesmanship Banquet.
Vol. 4, No. 1

http://www.phc.edu/news/trumpet/2004_06/2004_06_01.asp
"Intelligence" Takes On New Meaning at PHC
Jun 2004

http://www.phc.edu/news/trumpet/2004_06/2004_06_02.asp
SI Students Outside The Classroom
Jun 2004

http://www.usmc.mil/directiv.nsf/0/736601ce41b86edd85256649005020c0/$FILE/MCO%20P1100.72C%20W%20ERRATUM.pdf
Military Personnel Procurement Manual, Vol. 2  (Marine Corps recruiting manual) (Marine Corps requirements for homeschooled recruits are listed at the Military Enlistment Requirements page on this website)
PDF-page 321, Page C-12, "The Home School Legal Defense Association has provided guidance to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (OASD) that at a minimum the student should be home schooled for at least one (1) full school year."
18 Jun 2004

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=22730&archive=true
Army increases cash bonuses for enlistees
6 Aug 2005

http://www.hslda.org/elert/archive/2004/08/20040812113437.asp 
HSLDA:  Homeschoolers Continue to Excel in the Military
12 Aug 2004

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14262-2004Aug19?language=printer
General's Speeches Broke Rules
Report Says Boykin Failed to Obtain Clearance
19 Aug 2004

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/15/60II/main643650.shtml
The Holy Warrior
15 Sep 2004

http://blog.au.org/2004/09/holy_warrior_ge.html
'Holy Warrior' General Takes To CBS To Repair Reputation
17 Sep 2004

http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/newscomm/?p=131
‘Discrimination’ against homeschooled military recruits (Note from this site's owner: blog post by me)
23 Sep 2005

http://www.nagb.org/release/sellman.doc
Predicting Readiness for Military Service: How Enlistment Standards Are Established By W.S. Sellman
page iii. The Services also value recruits with high school diplomas because research and experience show that they are more likely to complete an initial tour of duty. About 80% of high school graduate recruits complete their first 3 years of service, compared to only 50% of non-graduates. Completion rates for enlistees holding an alternative credential (e.g., General Education Development [GED] certificate) fall in between the high school diploma graduate and non-graduate rates. 
30 Sep 2004

http://www.stormingmedia.us/27/2769/A276924.html
An Empirical Examination of the Impact of JROTC Participation on Enlistment, Retention and Attrition
Janet H. Days; Yee L. Ang; Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
"Synthesizing the results, we conclude that policy-makers might find it worthwhile to actively target JROTC cadets for enlistment because in the long run, it pays off in terms of higher first-term completion rates which results in cost savings in the form of enlistment bonuses and training costs."
Dec 2004
 

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2005

FY 2005 Recruit Stats (YTD through Dec 2004)
http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/docs/FY05_Q1_recruitsumm.pdf
** DoD benchmarks for recruit quality are at least 90% high school diploma graduates (HSDG), at least 60% scoring at or above the 50th percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (Cat I-IIIA), and no more than 4% scoring below the 30th percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (Cat IV). These levels were set based upon cost-effectiveness considerations.

http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/docs/recqual04.pdf
Recruit Quality Over Time
Recruit Quality Over Time As Percent of Annual NPS Accessions Official Recruiting Data Reported by the Services to OUSD (Personnel & Readiness/Military Personnel Policy/Accession Policy)
** Official Army HSDG performance excludes [emphasis added] up to 4,000 participants in the GED+ pilot program. DoD HSDG figures also exclude up to 4,000 GED+ participants during these years.
*** "High Quality" figures not yet available for FY 2004.
Note: AFQT Percentile Groupings (Categories): I (93-99); II (65-92); IIIA (50-64); IIIB (31-49); IV (10-30)

• Notes from this site's owner:
  -- I assume the GED+ pilot program is the program assessed by the CNA Survey dated Jan 2004 on this list
  -- AFQT categories are by test score
  -- <> top table shows percentage per year of High School Diploma Grads (HSDG) of total new recruits in each service
  <> 2nd table shows percentage per year of AFQT category I - IIIA of total new recruits in each service
  <> 3rd table shows percentage per year of “High Quality” recruits, which means High School Diploma + AFQT
  <> category of total new recruits in each service. This table does not include percentage of non-HS Grads
  <> bottom table shows percentage per year of Category IV recruits out of the total of new recruits in each service ]
   

http://www.thsc.org/pdf/DoDLetter.pdf   also at  http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/2005020040.pdf
Memorandum from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
This Directive-type memorandum clarifies recruitment policy with regard to home school diploma graduates and National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program graduates who hole a General Education Development (GED) Certificate.

Home school diploma graduates and National Guard Youth ChalleNGe GED holders manifest favorable attributes such as reduced frequency of moral disqualification; as such they shall be afforded priority in enlistment programs such that no practical limit shall apply with regard to enlistment, provided the applicant is fully qualified for enlistment and is qualified in Armed Forces Qualification Test Categories I - IIIA.

There is no requirement in Department policy, nor law, demanding that home school diploma graduates hold a GED certificate as a precondition of enlistment, nor shall such a criterion be established as part of the recruitment policies of the Military Departments. All education qualifications shall be coded in compliance with OSD definitions.

As a point of clarification, neither law nor DoD policy establishes a prohibition with regard to the award of enlistment incetives, nor eligibility for membership in the Delayed Entry Program (DEP), for any education credential, including home school diploma graduates and National Guard Youth ChalleNGe holders.

21 Jan 2005

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/2005020040.pdf
HSLDA:  OSD Memorandum for hmschl recruiting priorities

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200503/200503310.asp 
HSLDA;  Army Opens Doors Wide for Homeschool Graduates
March 29, 2005

http://www.rs.af.mil/pgms/afrsi36-2001.pdf (very long download time, even with a cable modem)
AFRS Instruction 36-2001, Air Force Recruiting Instruction  (Air Force homeschool requirements listed at the Military Enlistment Requirements page on this web site)
1 April 2005

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/200504110.asp 
Washington Times Op-ed – Military levels playing field for recruits
11 Apr 2005
During the pilot program and subsequent one-year extension, the military collected data on home-school recruits. HSLDA reviewed the data and concluded that home-schoolers were succeeding.

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r601_210.pdf
AR 601-210, Regular Army and Army Reserve Enlistment Program (Army homeschool requirements listed at the Military Enlistment Requirements page on this web site)
16 May 2005

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/retrieve.html
Submit "E1087"
Hon. Mark E. Souder of Indiana
" ... a young man in my district was recently informed that he would have an extremely difficult time being accepted into the Air Force merely because he was educated at home. He was told that home-schooled students were categorized as Tier 2 applicants—the same category in which high school dropouts are classified. Upon further inquiry by my office, the Air Force confirmed that, yes, home school applicants could not be considered on a level playing field with other high school graduates and that, ‘‘as a rule, less than 1 percent of [the Air Force’s] annual non-prior service accessions [would] be alternate credential holders.’’
25 May 2005
 
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-29-army-recruiting_x.htm? 
Army recruiting up for June but still down for year
By Dave Moniz, USA TODAY
29 Jun 2005

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000503----000-.html
US Code, TITLE 10 > Subtitle A > PART II > CHAPTER 31 > § 503
§ 503. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns; compilation of directory information
release date:  12 Jul 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/1909
HSWatch list discussion concerning the retention rates of new recruits that includes: making it through basic
training, completing a first enlistment, re-enlisting for a subsequent hitch
18 Aug 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/1939
HSWatch list discussion concerning the assertion that homeschoolers are dropouts
19 Aug 2005

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30654&archive=true
Army enlistment bonus rises for 15 specialties
9 Sep 2005

http://www.hslda.org/docs/hshb/62/hshbwk4.asp
HSLDA:  Homeschoolers and Military Enlistment
12 - 16 September 2005
(these broadcasts equate commissioning as an officer with enlisting in a service)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute
Analysis at The Military Homeschooler website; see "Accurately portraying military enlistment for homeschooled grads"
http://home.kc.rr.com/milhmschlhq/military_enlistment.htm

http://www.hslda.org/docs/hshb/62/hshb6217.asp
HSLDA:  Equal treatment for homeschool grads
13 Sep 2005
(this program repeats the misinformation that homeschool grads are considered "dropouts")

http://hr3753.blogspot.com/2005/09/hr-3753s-1691.html
HR3753 blog established
20 Sep 2005

http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/newscomm/?p=126
HR 3753/S 1691 Military section is brand new
blog entry by me concerning Section 10 of HR 3753/ S 1691 Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act of 2005
http://home.kc.rr.com/milhmschlhq/military_HR3753_S1691.htm
concurrent analysis of Section 10 on this blog
22 Sep 2005

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,77951,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl
Army's Recruiting Lowest in Years
30 Sep 2005

http://www.goarmy.com/hslda/
Objections were raised with the Army concerning an ad directly linked to HSLDA that was on this recruiting site; the ad was removed.  The URL is scheduled to be changed when the 'print materials are exhausted.'
October 2005

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/retrieve.html
Congressional Record online
3 Oct 2005
search for page S10815, 2005 Oct 03rd Senator Santorum introduces home school section, Section 522 into National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2006
Section 522
Also: Page  S10838 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S10838&dbname=2005_record
Page S10839 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S10839&dbname=2005_record

http://blog.au.org/2005/10/chaplains_chall.html
Chaplains Challenged: More Air Force Remorse
October 11, 2005

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/10/AR2005101001582.html
Air Force Withdraws Paper for Chaplains
Document Permitted Proselytizing
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 11, 2005; Page A03

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/12878466.htm 
Army has plan to boost signups in 2006
Posted on Wed, Oct. 12, 2005

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200510/200510190.asp
HSLDA:  Army Offering More Benefits to Homeschool Graduates
19 Oct 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/2232
HSWatch list discussion with Mr. Somerville concerning bonuses offered by the services to specific enlistees, and a repeat of information concerning retention of recruits in the services
19 Oct 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/2241
HSWatch discussion with Mr. Somerville concerning onlist assertion that the Army is now providing Tier I benefits to homeschoolers (see HSLDA links on this page from Jan 2001, 16 Oct 2003, and 21 Jan 2005 also touting Tier I benefits for homeschoolers)
20 Oct 2005

http://hr3753.blogspot.com/2005/10/hr-3753-s-1691-homeschool_21.html
goarmy.com/hslda by Mary McCarthy

http://hr3753.blogspot.com/2005/10/tier-i-status-for-military-enlistment.html
Tier I Status for military enlistment (in reference to HR 3753/S 1691); see comments by myself and by Mr. Somerville
24 Oct 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/2365 
HSWatch discussion concerning how many homeschoolers  were involved in the CNA study (see Jan 2004 above), and wha the attrition (loss) rates were (copied at CNA link above); this discussion still concerned HR 3753/S 1691, not HR 1815/ S Section 522 of the National Defense Authorization Act)
28 Oct 2005

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/retrieve.html
Submit:  "S12625"
SA 2496. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. SANTORUM) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following:
SEC. 522. RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT OF HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS IN THE ARMED FORCES.
9 Nov 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HEM-Networking/message/26257
HEM-Networking email group HR 1815 Alert (National Defense Authorization Act for FY '06)
Note: first notification to the national homeschool community about Section 522 of HR 1815/S 1042; notification was not made by HSLDA
28 Nov 2005

http://www.cobranchi.com/archives/005869.html
Fait Accompli post at HE&OS in reference to Section 522 of HR 1815/S 1042

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/2448
HSWatch discussion where Mr. Somerville alludes to "some recent action in the US Senate." and the "Fait Accompli" blog post
30 Nov 2005

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSWatch/message/2493
HSWatch discussion re: desired changes by HSLDA regarding homeschool enlistment, ie, 35 on the ASVAB if they can prove they were homeschooled, and a "catch all" for individuals who score  50+ on the ASVAB. (see ASVAB minimum scores below in the Undated section)

 

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Undated

http://www.hslda.org/highschool/military.asp 
HSLDA:  Military
Note:  The academic requirements for an enlisted man are different from those for a service academy applicant.

http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/genjoin/a/asvabminimum.htm (pop-ups)
ASVAB Score minimums per service
High school graduates, Tier I
Air Force -- 36 points
Army -- 31 points
Marines -- 32 points
Navy -- 35 points
Coast Guard -- 36 points

Alternate diploma holders, Tier II
All services -- 50

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/enlstandards.htm (pop-ups)
Do you qualify to enlist in the United States military?
No right to join the military services