I mean they show up to schools to tell kids about military careers and jrotc and stuff.
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Rezbit@lemmy.world 3 months agoOfficially, the military does not recruit anyone under age 17. In this case, “recruit” means the formal process of signing a legally binding agreement to enlist. The military does, however, advertise to and interact directly with minors for the purposes of military recruitment.
Grooming. Non-sexual grooming. Just wonderful.
masquenox@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The recruitment starts the minute they pressure kids into worshipping a piece of colored fabric.
Drusas@kbin.social 3 months ago
Are they pretending the JROTC doesn't exist? The US military absolutely targets minors under the age of seventeen for recruitment.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I think that’s the point, not ignoring it. They don’t have them literally sign up, but they do everything they legally can to capture them.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I was in the Australian airforce cadets from 12 until 18 at which point i went to join the airforce but got am apprenticeship at the same time that paid more.
Many of my friends enlisted though.
Its certainly grooming, though