So this is how we maintain an all-volunteer army?
Stories about the fraud, pressure tactics, and baiting practiced by military recruiters are legion.  But even if they have a soft touch recruiters may have an unfair advantage over teenagers (not known for their skilled assessment of long-term consequences).  Imagine: your son’s public school welcomes in a [...]

Ernesto Guerra joined the Army to make a home for his family in America. Two years after his death in Iraq, Ernesto lies in a Mexican cemetery, his mother grieves and his 12-year-old brother is a target of Army recruiters combing the streets of Long Beach
By Rachel Powers
ACCURATE, TIMELY, IN PERSON
When a U.S. Army soldier [...]