Dude I have a felony and I was told by a Army Recruiter that its ok. But I dont have any of the felony that was in that news bit
"The bulk of the crimes involved were burglaries, other thefts, and drug offenses, but nine involved sex crimes and six involved manslaughter or vehicular homicide convictions. Several dozen Army and Marine recruits had aggravated assault or robbery convictions, including incidents involving weapons"
I think a person who has been charged with "burglaries, other thefts, and drug offenses" should be able to to join as long as their not repeat offenders but the ones with the "sex crimes and six involved manslaughter" should not be able to. and the vehicular homicide convictions should all depend on the circumstances, My step bro got vehicular homicide when he was racing. It wasnt a legal one, but both partie knew the risk with street racing.