Does the army take 17-year-olds??

[grasswire]

An aquaintance told me that a friend of hers would be leaving on the day after school is out (he's a junior this year) for boot camp. He won't be 18 'til 2008. Is that possible?

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. With parental permission

I believe so.

At least, it used to be that way. :shrug:

[grasswire]

3. scary

sending babies to the desert.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. It's easier to indoctrinate 'em

when they're young.

[Adsos Letter]

2. Yup...at least it used to be that way

as long as your parents signed for you. I joined at seventeen, combat arms artillery, served my full three years, including a 13 month overseas "adventure", was honorably discharged as an E-4, and still wasn't old enough to buy a legal beer in California when I got home (not that it stopped me, you understand...).

:D

[Richard Steele]

5. Yes. I believe you can enlist at 17 with a parental signature. nm

[MonkeyFunk]

6. yes, they do

[Breeze54]

7. They're already signing them up in JUNIOR HIGH!!!!!!!!!

Haven't you been listening to or reading ANY of the numerous posts about this?? :shrug: Argh...

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Education infiltration: the Pentagon targets high schools

- Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Career Academies

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_n3_v58/ai_14874578

- Cover Story
Progressive, The, March, 1994 by Linda Rocawich

Problem: "America lags far behind in meeting its educational goals, and the quality of education in our country is below standard."

Question: How can the Federal Government "support local districts in offering at-risk youth
a new opportunity to be successful in school and thus in life"?

Solution: Send in the Marines. And the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Double the number of high schools
offering kids a chance to train with the military in Junior ROTC. And experiment with "career academies," special little military schools within the schools, for "at-risk youth."
Teach them "discipline and life skills." Keep them busy and off the streets. (and IN IRAQ!!) :grr:

At least that's the "Campaign Plan" of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Cadet Command
at Fort Monroe, Virginia, dated July 1, 1993 - an unclassified but not widely known document
that describes in detail the Army's plan for Junior ROTC Career Academies.
The other services have similar plans.

Now that the Cold War is over, what's the military to do? At the Pentagon, no one really wants
to downsize the services - or cut the budget much. Downsizing is taking place, though. Bases
are closing, the middle-management ranks of officers are shrinking. College-level ROTC is becoming
a shadow of its former self

But under the leadership of Secretary of Defense Les Aspin who, just before resigning, approved
a plan for "nontraditional" military efforts, the armed services are moving into the high schools
in a major way. They'll be counseling troubled teenagers and offering inner-city schools large
grants to set up military academies.

More..........

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June 3, 2005

The Childrens Crusade



By Jennifer Wedekind

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2136/

Tarsha Moore stands as tall as her 4-foot 8-inch frame will allow. Staring straight ahead,
she yells out an order to a squad of peers lined up in three perfect columns next to her.
Having been in the military program for six years, Tarsha has earned the rank of captain
and is in charge of the 28 boys and girls in her squad. This is Lavizzo Elementary School.

Tarsha is 14.

The Middle School Cadet Corps (MSCC) program at the K-8 school is part of a growing trend
to militarize middle schools. Students at Lavizzo are among the more than 850 Chicago students
who have enlisted in one of the city’s 26 MSCC programs. At Madero Middle School, the MSCC
has evolved into a full-time military academy for kids 11 to 14 years old.

Chicago public schools are home to the largest Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program,
which oversees the MSCC, in the country. When moving up to high school, Chicago’s graduating eighth-graders
can choose from 45 JROTC programs, including three full-time Army military academies,
five “school-within-a-school” Army JROTC academies and one JROTC Naval academy.

Proponents of the programs tout leadership training and character development. But critics
quote former Defense Secretary Gen. William Cohen, who described JROTC as “one of the best
recruiting services that we could have.” :puke:

More..............


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Old Twenhofel Middle School finds new tenant

BY JASON FELDMANN | [e-mail]

The former Twenhofel Middle School building will soon reopen in a dual capacity
for the Kenton County School District and the Kentucky Army National Guard.

http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/NEWS01/705230372/1079/Local

An agreement to lease the 60,000-square foot building to the Kentucky Army National Guard
was announced during the Kenton School Board meeting on Monday, May 21.

The building will serve as an alternative learning center for the school district and as a
temporary home for two Kentucky Army National Guard units until a permanent facility is built.

More...


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http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ayers011105.html">Hearts and Minds: Military Recruitment and the High School Battlefield

They aren't just recruiting in the schools anymore!! They're actually IN THE FUCKING SCHOOLS!!!!!!!

:grr: .. :grr:


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From 'The Boston Underground'


http://www.thestudentunderground.org/article.php?id=171&issue=56&PHPSESSID=cf0c5e05a503a99a14925d80bf62a065">Anti-Recruitment

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http://www.atomfilms.com/film/recruitment.jsp">Recruitment

About this film:

6:28 | 4.5 | 263,484 plays | 6/22/04

Director: Scott Zier | United States

Looking for a new job? One with excitement and adventure?
Then watch this recruitment video for the Empire and learn
about openings with crack Stormtrooper special forces, TIE
fighter pilots and the Imperial Navy.

(If you have dial-up, change the speed of the film to 100k - slowest!)

( I think I detect a whole bunch of :sarcasm: )

:P