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Dirty Little Secrets
Parents Side With Military Recruiters
by James Dunnigan
September 16, 2005
Discussion Board on this DLS topic
Three years ago, Congress passed a law that gave
parents the option to keep their children’s addresses, phone numbers and other
information, from military recruiters. This provision was part of a bill that
also gave recruiters access to that data. This was needed because many schools
were not allowing recruiters to communicate with their students. While many
schools, and some parents, continue to demonstrate against recruiters talking to
high school students, only two or three parents, per thousand students,
nation-wide, have asked that the recruiters be blocked from contacting their
children. The anti-recruiting (and, also, anti-war) groups have pretty much
failed at convincing the parents. And the military has been able to get the
number of people they need. The navy and air force have more recruits than they
need, the marines as many as they need, and the army appears to be a few
percent short for this year (although all the shortages are in support, not
combat, jobs.) The media has reported this story as if the anti-recruiting
groups were actually having some impact, even though the vast majority of
parents back recruiters
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