TIME TO REVIEW THE RECRUITERS: School Officials Question Recruiting Tactics Critics of military recruiting tactics are calling for more action after a one day stand down  that was prompted by reports of serious improprieties by recruiters. URGENT: a Way Out from a False Way In Center on Conscience and War ACTION ITEM followup: KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE searching for "recruited" to testify before Congress !! a must read FULL METAL STRAITJACKET by Becky Oberg 2003 Best Print Feature First Place Non-daily Newspaper Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. AXIS OF LOGIC: shopping for war at walmart Sweatshops And Military Recruitment recruiters developed a slick MTV-style campaign to make service in the military look appealing to young people, spending up to $11600 per recruit. How Far Will The Army Go? Glass shattered at recruit office An Army and Marines recruitment center  in Westminster was shot at eight times early Friday, an incident that police.... Student Sting Shows Extent of Recruiter's Push-to-Enlist Tactics NO ONE HEARS THE RECRUITERS -- DUH? Huge majority turning deaf ear to military recruiting pitches Iraq veteran talks of transformation Ironically, Massey said, the same qualities [recruited for] while in the Marines now drive him to speak out against the military and how it's conducted the Iraq war, particularly in regards to civilians. Local recruiters for the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army declined to comment for this story... Young Marines: Militarizing America's Children STUDENTS PROTEST NAVY RECRUITERS ON CAMPUS Supreme Court to Weigh Ban on Recruiters Law gives military recruiters access to student records An Army of the Unwilling UNITED STATES: Pentagon conscripts soldiers for Iraq war [Voluntary recruitment] of troops remains problematic for Washington. Send The Children of Politicians To the Front Lines?... Even so, by the late 1990s, recruitment was running into difficulty.  But if the economy is driving recruitment, the inequality that plagued the... OUR 'NATION AT WAR'  There has been no marked upturn in military recruitment since the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11. Without a draft, affluent Americans have felt free ... Pentagon between Iraq and a hard place Add to this a constantly increasing casualty toll, now well beyond 30,000, which,  in a variety of ways, places yet more pressure on recruitment.... Re-reading Born on the Fourth of July as the War on Iraq Grinds On The story continues with the protagonist slowly realizing that all the tales of honor and glory that he saw on the Saturday afternoon matinee screen and in the Marine Corps recruiting pamphlets are a bunch of lies. Lies told to give boys a reason to believe. Just a government's cynical manipulation of an innocent desire. Welcome to the service, son. Activist makes plea for U.S. deserters Celeste Zappala says her son Sherwood Baker had no idea what he was getting himself into when he joined the Pennsylvania National Guard eight years ago. "Recruiters are very persuasive, always promising college support and extra money,'' she said. THE UNMAKING OF A WARRIOR “I either had to get a third job or let the college thing go,” he says. Like most economically disadvantaged teens across the country,  Paredes had been approached by military recruiters “three or four times,” and some high school classmates had joined the Navy, “so that sounded like the way to go.”.... THEY ARE COMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN ...Affluent and educated families often manage to keep their sons out of the army. This means that poorer recruits make up a growing part of the armed services. Students Can Object Military Recruitment You can’t help but notice the parade of military recruiters on campus lately. They appear with their flags and promises with increased regularity, and it’s not because we... are so darn special. Berkeley High Teach-In Targets War and Military Recruitment   The military recruitment budget is $3 billion annually; 90 percent of the people killed in war are civilian noncombatants; 91 percent of Berkeley High students believe the war in Iraq is wrong and illegal; 65 percent of veterans never get their education benefits; 33 percent of homeless men are veterans…. Local Groups Holding Workshops on Alternatives To Military Service A conscientious objector is a person who is opposed to serving in the armed forces because of moral or religious principles. First Openly Gay Soldier Wounded in Iraq Comes Out The issue of whether gays should be allowed to openly serve in the military has received increased attention in recent months as the Army has struggled to meet its recruiting goals. Twelve gays expelled from the military sued the government in December, citing a Supreme Court ruling that declared unconstitutional state laws against homosexual sex.