By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Oct 7, 2008 7:43:19 EDT
The number of Air Force men testing positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has increased threefold from 2004 to 2007, with 2007 reporting the highest numbers in 10 years, according to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.
While positive screenings remained generally stable in the other services, civilians applying for military service had a 33 percent increase in positive male applicants from 2003 to 2007. Rates among female applicants have been “low and stable” since 2002.
In 2007, 40 airmen tested positive for HIV, the highest number since 1996. “Of note, all new infections detected during routine testing in 2007 were among males,” the report states. Among Air National Guardsmen, only two people tested positive for HIV in 2007. Six Air Force Reserve members also tested positive.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
Kinda quick to mention Air Force, aren't they. Must be an ex Navy person writing/editing the report.
A weak government usually remains a servant of citizens, while a strong government usually becomes the master of its subjects.
- paraphrased from several sources
It's probably due to the other services numbers going up and down, but that light-blue line is the only one going up only - besides the civilians applying.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
