5.02.04 countering violations of civil liberties
Military Recruiting Abuses: On Tape
Posted June 15th, 2009 by sdiener in
- 1.18.02 militarization of youth
- 1.18.03 military recruiting and conscription
- 2.04 countering military recruitment
- 2.04.06 exposing realities of life in the military
- 5.02.04 countering violations of civil liberties
- 5.05 countering economic exploitation
- 5.06.03 job rights, minimum wages, right to a constructive job
- 5.07.03 countering male domination and patriarchy
- 5.07.04 ending men's violence
- 5.07.06 countering militarist masculinity
- 5.14.06 abolishing war
- 8.06 film, video, television
- Army recruiting abuses
- Delayed Entry Program
- Marines recruiting abuses
- military recruiting abuses
- rape
- United States
- videos
Military recruiters have a quota, or what they call a "mission," specifying how many people they're expected to enlist each month. When they don't reach their quotas, they're often pressured intensely, ordered to work overtime, and threatened with career-ending consequences. Not all recruiters lie, but lies by military recruiters aren't the exception, they're common. ABC in New York, for example, sent hidden cameras into recruiting stations in 2006 and found 5 of 10 recruiters they taped lied on camera (see item 11).
