Tag: Truth in Recruiting
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Counter-Recruitment Season
Kevin Young - “Counter-recruitment,” alternatively known as “truth-in-recruiting” or CR for brevity’s sake, involves providing young people and their parents with information about alternatives to military enlistment (college, vocational training, job opportunities, scholarships, etc.). At the same time, CR campaigns can provide a sense of the terrible realities of war by exposing students and ...
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Military Targets Corvallis High Schools: Too Young to Drink, Old Enough to Serve
Genevieve Weber/Corvallis Advocate - War is a touchy subject, especially given the near-palpable tension of the upcoming presidential election. If you’re against war, you’re a hippy at best, ...
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Hawaii: Aggressive Military Recruitment Presence Meets Resistance
14/08/2007 / Haleakala Times - When it comes to military recruitment in public schools, no child’s information is left inaccessible. According to a brief section of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act ...
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Introduction to Counter Recruitment Work
Counter-recruitment essentials Counter recruitment (CR) takes many different forms. At its core the goal is to present alternative views to young people in order to "balance" the narrative of ...