I don't know who told one of you that the U.S. Marshall Service was doing a background check on an active duty military person but they do not know what they are talking about. First of all, Honor Guards for active duty personnel being buried in our national cemeteries are selected by their company commander, with the exception of a personal request from the dead military person's family. The Honor Guard at Arlington National Cemetery is drawn from a special unit you have to be named to. And they are based at Fort Meade. My source, my father's twenty-eight years in the U.S. Army, plus my four years in the Air National Guard. And I had to attend the burial of a twenty-three year old young friend, whom I had known since he was five. He had been married less then seven weeks. Had been a graduate of West Point for sixteen months and he had been in Iraq for seven weeks. And Todd was buried at Arlington, with full military honors, awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Second, I wouldn't sign any permission that denied me the opportunity to correct or question a background check on me. With the exception of the FBI and Secret Service, most of these companies don't have a clue as to how to conduct a proper background search. No job is worth that much to me to give someone else free rein over me or my professional or personal life.
Woody
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I agree.....very close to profiling.
