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#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ We have all seen the marketing our military produces. According to the romanticized DoD story, serving one’s neighbor means to take up arms in their name against some undefined force of evil. Of course, that isn’t what it means, but the fact that this distorted fairy tale plays well with children is a primary reason it is presented. Let us be clear. It is immoral to target our children in such a way. Kids should be off limits to the DoD. [Image: US Ranger open house event] #StopRecruitingKids #military #marketing #recruitment #schools #education #childhood #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #war #peace #militarism #demilitarize #teachpeace #SRKcampaign

#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ Too young for marriage, but not for war? Many recruits entering the US military today would be considered by most too young to get married, and with good reason. After all, they have not yet reached adulthood. How can it be appropriate, then, to deliberately funnel them into the very real life-and-death situations that will occur in war? The Department of Defense deliberately targets underage kids with marketing and recruitment activities, oftentimes from within their schools. Such practices are misguided, inappropriate, and unnecessary. They should stop. Current action: https://goo.gl/BdsYzK #StopRecruitingKids #military #recruitment #marketing #schools #education #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #war #peace #violence #nonviolence #militarism #demilitarize #teachpeace #SRKcampaign

#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ Amen. The DoD has no business deliberately targeting school kids. #StopRecruitingKids #military #recruitment #school #education #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #war #peace #militarism #demilitarize #srkcampaign

#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ The average enlistment age for the Marine Corps is only 19, and includes youth as young as 17. This is what you get when you allow the military to deliberately target underaged kids with marketing and recruitment. It is abhorrent to lean on our babies to fight the wars we create. These practices must stop. [Image: US Marine Corps recruits reporting for bootcamp] #StopRecruitingKids #military #marketing #recruiting #schools #education #childhood #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #war #peace #militarism #demilitarize #violence #nonviolence #SRKcampaign

#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ According to Child Soldiers International, the United States is one of only a small minority of countries worldwide who deliberately target underage kids with military marketing and recruitment activities. These shameful practices should stop. Image: U.S Navy photo (Alan Nunn) Recruits unload supplies from the USS Constitution loading dock at Recruit Training Command. #StopRecruitingKids #military #marketing #recruitment #schools #education #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #demilitarizeschools #demilitarizechildhood #militarism #demilitarize #war #peace #teachpeace #SRKcampaign

#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ Talk with your children. Lay the groundwork to counter the militarism they will experience as they grow. #StopRecruitingKids #military #recruitment #childhood #schools #education #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #boyscouts #cubscouts #war #peace #violence #nonviolence #militarism #demilitarize #teachpeace #SRKcampaign

#Repost @stoprecruitingkids (@get_repost) ・・・ Economic insecurity is commonly used in military marketing and recruiting efforts to press underage kids into a military enlistment decision. Such cynical fear-based tactics are immoral and should stop. The fact that both poverty and the perceived lack of future opportunity are widely recognized as sticks that can be used to effectively push our youth into a war zone illuminates the palpable need to provide viable paths for our kids to follow as they transition into adulthood. We can and must do better. #StopRecruitingKids #military #recruitment #marketing #economic #insecurity #poverty #school #education #army #navy #airforce #marines #jrotc #nmscc #war #peace #militarism #demilitarize #teachpeace #PathsForKids #SRKcampaign