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Stories on Military Recruitment/Counter-Recruitment

 

Observation on military recruitment in Ohio

by Fred Suter

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Racial divide evident in military

Source: New York Daily News
A comparison of enlistment rates in New York's City's wealthy and impoverished neighborhoods

www.nydailynews.com/front/story/363523p-309512c.html

 

Who's Next

Source: The Nation
A look at the Army's recruitment strategy that includes elementary and middle school students

www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050912&s=houppert

 

Babes in Warland

Source: Truthout
A description of a Department of Defense promotional video that plays at Chuck E. Cheese restaurants where young children frequently have birthday parties.

www.truthout.org/docs_2005/printer_090205C.shtml

 

Pentagon Creating Student Database

Source: Washington Post
Description of a massive database of high school and college-age students contact information being created by the Pentagon to aid military recruitment.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062202305.html

 

The Recruitment Minefield

Source: Rethinking Schools
Lengthy article about military recruitment efforts in high schools, and the truth behind them. Numerous quotes from high school students reflecting on their experience with recruitment.

www.rethinkingschools.com/archive/19_03/recr193.shtml

 

Making Mission in a Tough Market

Source: The Globe and Mail, Syracuse, NY

www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051210.wxrecruit1210/BNStory/International/

 

Youth in Southern Illinois County often embrace career help from Uncle Sam

Source: Kansas City Star

www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13458068.htm

 

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