Military recruiters now banned from High School

[UConn James]

Heinlein was right.

 

100%. Only veterans should have the right to vote. Because only WE have served and protected this democracy.

 

The rest of you, well, didn't.

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And then, the soldiers can starve to death when farmers refuse to provide them food; WE grew it; YOU can't eat it. Same for every other product and service necessary for survival. You think you're the end-all be-all, you'll quickly find out you aren't.

 

This is the stupidest argument I've heard since.... Well, maybe this is the stupidest argument I've heard. Unfugginbelievable!

 

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And back to the original subject, recruiters should be allowed just like X Tree Company should be allowed. But it's a pretty sh--ty deal when recruiters are so unethical that today, they had a "values stand-down" so they could all undergo training in proper procedure.

 

A key event prompting the Army to order the "values stand-down," to be observed on May 20, took place in Houston in late April, when a recruiter, Sgt. Thomas Kelt, threatened to have a prospect arrested if he resisted recruiting efforts. Kelt left a voice mail message on the cell phone of Christopher Monarch, 20, of Spring, Texas, ordering him to show up for an appointment -- under the false pretense that Monarch would be violating the law if he didn't. Here's a transcript of the message (available as an audio file, here):

 

"Hey Chris, this is Sgt. Kelt at the Army, man. I think we got disconnected... I know you were on your cell probably, and you just had bad reception or something -- I know you didn't hang up on me. Anyway, by federal law you've got an appointment with me at two o'clock this afternoon at Greenpoint mall, OK? That's the Greenpoint mall, Army recruitment station at two o'clock. Fail to appear, and, uh, we'll have a warrant. OK? So give me a call back."

 

Monarch said he didn't receive the message until after the designated time -- and that he hadn't made such an appointment, nor had he been interested in joining the military. "I was scared," Monarch said, regarding the message. When he called Kelt the next day to clear up the matter, Kelt explained that threatening to issue an arrest warrant was a "marketing technique."

 

Monarch's account of his experience with Kelt was confirmed by Army officials, according to the Chronicle. "What the recruiter did in Houston was inappropriate. He lost his cool and said some things that shouldn't have been said," an unnamed Army official said. "It was similar to a spike in problems we've seen across the country. So there was a decision to take a day to address that, to reaffirm Army values, and the recruiting values the Army teaches."