Even if you don't live in San Antonio, you might have been outraged when a local television story made national news. U.S. Army recruiters from our area -- senior noncommissioned officers wearing battle dress uniforms -- were caught on videotape offering disposable, no-fault, drug-testing kits to prospective Army recruits.

Investigative reporter Brian Collister of WOAI developed the story that TV news outlets around the country will surely replay as the latest indication that, even here in Military City, USA, the volunteer Army has fallen on hard times.

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