Know All You Can Know: Truth in Recruiting Action Team 

ARTICLE X.  ACTION TEAMS (Adopted December 19, 2004)

 Section 1.  Rather than utilize Standing Committees, RCCVFP will function principally through Action Teams. Each team will then organize, coordinate and direct specific functions and/or specific types of tasks upon approval of the general membership.

 Section 2.  Chapter members will determine what Action Teams are to be created and also can dissolve an Action Team at any time.

 Section 3.  The Action Team will be comprised of those who have an interest in a specific event or function or those who have a special talent/skill/connection to make an event or function successful. Each team will consist of three or more members and have a single leader who will report monthly at the general membership meeting.

·        We seek a one year commitment from a student intern at Evergreen or St Martin’s.  

·        Need high school volunteers to staff film discussions, create and present interactive presentations, set up tables with factual, thoughtfully designed information.  We have the information and need you to help us get the word out.

Resources for "Know All You Can Know"

Links and .pdf Files Resources for Know All You Can Know

Local students must be fully informed before enlisting  Op Ed by Molly Gibbs The Olympian 11/12/05

• http://www.criticalconcern.com/know_all_you_can_know_action_team.htm
• http://www.criticalconcern.com/resources_for_know_all_you_can_know.htm
• http://www.criticalconcern.com/gibbs-op_ed.htm
• http://www.criticalconcern.com/military_recruitment_highschools.htm
• http://criticalconcern.com/opt_out_of_the_lies_by_larry_mos.htm

International Peace Conference in London http://oraculo.blog.com/blog/choiceamericanetwork/387189/ 

Recruiting

• An Army of Kids (New) Parents are becoming active in protesting JROTC in Buffalo, NY http://artvoice.com/issues/v5n4/army_of_kids 
• Any Soldier Will Do   Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative unit of Congress, released a report indicating that the Pentagon has been calling up reserve soldiers who are ill or medically unfit to serve. http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=523&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 
• Army, Marine recruiters shift focus to wary parents USA Today 4/4/2005   http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-04-recruiters-parents_x.htm 
• The Solomon Amendment The 1996 Solomon Amendment provides for the Secretary of Defense to deny federal funding to institutions of higher learning if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or military recruitment on campus.
  http://www.yalerotc.org/Solomon.html
• AFSC materials on Military in the Schools
  http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/Default.htm
• Army Recruiters Play Hard Ball http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2612 
• Army revises recruit pitch  http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20050324/topstories/112135.shtml 
• Army to Spend Day Retraining Recruiters http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/national/12recruit.html?ei=5070&en=151a154a436cfcc3&ex=1116561600&pagewanted=print 
• Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
  http://objector.org/  
  http://www.objector.org/recruiting.html 
• Center on Conscience & War 
  http://www.nisbco.org/ 
  http://www.nisbco.org/Publications.htm 
• Coalition Against Militarization in Our Schools (CAMS)
  http://www.militaryfreeschools.org/ 
• Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft
  http://www.comdsd.org/index.htm  
• College Scholarship Resource for Minorities
  http://www.criticalconcern.com/college_scholarship_resource_for_minorities.htm  

• Counter Recruiting Speech at Heritage High School in Vancouver  http://www.criticalconcern.com/counter_recruiting_speech_at_heritage_hs.htn 

• Debunking the Myth 
  http://www.militaryfreezone.org/debunking_the_myth 

• Do You Know What Your Kids Are Watching on "Educational" TV at School? Dr. Teresa Whitehurst. Channel One News, the "educational" TV show that  millions of American kids watch every morning at school, is busy recruiting our teenagers into the military. 
  http://www.counterpunch.org/whitehurst02172005.html 

• DOD Database Campaign Coalition Letter http://www.privacycoalition.org/nododdatabase/letter.html 

• “Equal Access” for counter-recruiters in the schools? Read the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling.

• For Army Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard Sell At least 37 members of the Army Recruiting Command, which oversees enlistment, have gone AWOL since October 2002, Army figures show. An Army chaplain said he had counseled nearly a dozen recruiters in the past 18 months to help them cope with marital troubles and job-related stress.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/nyregion/27recruit.html? 

• Military Free Zone  Information on No Child Left Behind, opt-out, recruiting lies, the college funding myth, financial aid options, etc
  http://www.militaryfreezone.org

• No Child Left Unrecruited collection of links on provision in No Child Left Behind law to grant the Pentagon access to directories with students names, addresses and phone numbers so that they may be more easily contacted and recruited for military service. http://criticalconcern.com/no_child_left_unrecruited.htm 

• No Child Left Unrecruited: Rep. Jim McDermott Seeks to Protect Students From Military Recruiters
  http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/18/1450217 

• Army recruits war gamers for real thing Army hopes video gamers make it to next level -- basic training. www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121604dnlivarmygames.4713d.html 
• Army Having Difficulty Meeting Recruiting Goals http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W1RH0405E6113739DF57F3CD9BF70
• Counterrecruiters Claim Some of Credit for Drop in Military Enlistments A 1986 federal appeals court decision does require schools to give draft registration opponents equal access to their students. Teachers in Los Angeles -- the nation's second-largest school district -- recently referenced that decision when they demanded that counter-recruiters be allowed into the schools. [Let's find that decision..Dennis]
  http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-03-18-voa59.cfm 
• Guard recruiters shunned http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2620 
• Military Recruitment in the High Schools Resources  John Byk collected some great resources.
  http://www.criticalconcern.com/military_recruitment_highschools.htm 
• Opt Out of the Lies by Larry Mosqueda, Ph.D. The Evergreen State College  http://criticalconcern.com/opt_out_of_the_lies_by_larry_mos.htm 
• The Dirty World Of Military Recruiting http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=38ffe8d906867059652e13e7053a18e8 
• The Draft Is Coming, Maybe -- and I Don't Want to Go http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=4d1488d3dbbb63fefc3bd5879fbb45d0 
• Many Urban Youth Choose Between War in the Streets and War Overseas http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=5bb1e34de658233a8f78fe9235630002 
• Army Recruiters: No Latino Left Behind http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=f8e760fbb11b129214cbb8fbb8b155cb 
• Military recruiters under fire at Garfield High School (Seattle) Garfield High School PTSA expressed fears that military recruiters were aggressively targeting high school students and were sometimes misrepresenting sign-up agreements in order to meet recruiting goals. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/219727_emilitary12.html 
• Military Recruiters Must Await “Opt-In” Before Contacting US Rep. Mike Honda (D-San Jose) yesterday introduced the Student Privacy Protection Act, legislation that prohibits military recruiters from contacting students unless these minors and their parents specifically “opt-in” and consent to receive such communications. http://www.honda.house.gov/latestnews.asp?ARTICLE3753=5321
• Military recruiting spam identified by filtering service Thousands of spam victims are receiving unsolicited email advertising a Web site published by the U.S. Department of Defense Marketing Department http://www.matterform.com/news/govspam.php 
• Notification of Rights under FERPA Seattle Public Schools http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20050823/FERPA2005-2006.pdf 

• Officer crisis hits Army Reserve Seattle Times. The Army Reserve is facing an extreme shortage of company officers, a situation aggravated by a surge in resignation requests. To bolster recruiting efforts, the Reserve is adding 400 additional recruiters who will be hustling for new soldiers. The National Guard also is on the hunt for more recruits, adding an additional 1,400 recruiters. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002113845_officershortage09m.html 

• Parents can keep student info from military recruiters  Parents can ask Seattle Public Schools not to share their child's contact information with the military and other groups by filling out and returning an "opt-out" form that the district is mailing this week. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/237609_recruit23.html 

• Playing War: The Emerging Trend of Real Virtual Combat in Current Video Games http://www.americanpopularculture.com/emerging.htm 

• Punk Ass Crusade "Not Your Soldier" http://punkasscrusade.cf.huffingtonpost.com/ Get our high school kids to see this!

• Recruitment met with disinterest Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers March 30, 2005
  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/217976_thomas30.html 

• San Francisco Voters Ban Military Recruiters in Schools By a strong 60-40 margin San Francisco voters approved Proposition I, which bans military recruiters from public schools. The measure also asks the city government to consider funding scholarships for education and training that could provide an alternative to military service (but doesn't mandate any such funding). http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2498  (New)

• School districts finding ways to keep recruiters away  http://www.criticalconcern.com/school_districts_finding_ways_to.htm 

• School Recruiting Program Handbook  US Army Recruiting Command. Sept 01, 2004 http://www.criticalconcern.com/school-recruiting-program-handbookbook.pdf 

• Seattle School Equal Access for Recruiters High School Policy http://www.seattleschools.org/area/policies/e/E14.02.pdf 

• Sending a Latino to do America's Job   Once again, it's G.I. Jose to the rescue. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7122.shtml 

• Student Ad Triggers Debate http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101805G.shtml 

• Student Opt Out Form  Download 
  http://www.militaryfreezone.org/opt_out.pdf  

• Students Rebuffing Military Recruiters - More High Schoolers in State Opt Out of Lists http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1113-02.htm
• A Teacher's Account of How Recruiters Preying on Students Get the Military Out of Our High Schools By Jesse Sharkey 
  http://www.counterpunch.org/sharkey10202004.html 

• Tougher sell than it used to be - Local military recruiters feel impact of war King County Journal http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/176066 

• Tucson school district places restrictions on military recruiters  The district adopted the rules after parents complained that their children felt pressured by military recruiters who were showing up four times a week at Tucson High Magnet School. http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2148 
• Uncle Sam wants "usted"  With recruitment at a 30-year low, the military is targetting young Latinos (even crossing the border into Mexico and triggering a diplomatic incident at a Tijuana high school) in hopes of filling the ranks. The Pentagon aims to double Latino enlistment, and their marketing research ("Barriers to Hispanic Enlistment") tells them that convincing Latino mothers and fathers is their only chance.  http://www.workingforchange.com/lmcablog/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=53D7AB58-FF66-1977-AF2C0958EF74B1F7 
• U.S. Army recruiters cause uproar at College Park High PLEASANT HILL - U.S. Army recruiters turned College Park High School's quad into a lunchtime shooting range Wednesday, much to the consternation of teachers and students. http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/10698686.htm 
• U.S. Army Reaches Influencers with Four New Commercials
  Latest Effort Encourages Parents of Future Soldiers to ‘Help Them Find Their Strength’ as ‘An Army of One’ http://www.leoburnett.com/news/press_releases/2005/prapr18-94431.asp 
• War protesters target military recruiting Chicago Tribune, December 17, 2004 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0412170194dec17,1,479379.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed 
• Washington Truth in Recruiting  
  http://www.watir.org/res/actionsForSchools.htm 
• Where Are the New Recruits? a long-standing policy limiting deployments of National Guard and Army Reserve forces is likely to be scrapped. That's going to make the already difficult job of recruiting--and retaining--such part-time soldiers even tougher. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1015898-1,00.html   
• Youth and the Military 
  http://www.youthandthemilitary.org/ 
• Teacher Lesson Plan http://www.recruitmenteducation.org/  The purpose of this lesson is to explain to high school students what recruiters don't tell you.
• The Opt Out Toolkit from Youth and the Military.org and National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) We hope you will find this Activist Toolkit to be a useful tool for those devoted to demilitarizing our schools and educating students and parents on how to keep student contact information out of the hands of military recruiters. 13 page .pdf file. 
  http://www.youthandthemilitary.org/

Non-Military Alternatives

"EXAMPLES OF CAREERS IN PEACEMAKING AND SOCIAL CHANGE."
 For high school-age: suggests ways that different careers can be used  to work for peace and social justice, briefly notes skills/education needed for each career.
Print Size: 8½ x 11 (Two-sided, Spanish and English)
 Download in English and Spanish - 48 Kb (v. 10/01) [from Project YANO]

"CAREERS IN PEACEMAKING AND SOCIAL CHANGE:
Choosing a Career that Pays in Many Ways." Brochure for high school-age youths:discusses how to make a career  choice that is compatible with both income needs and ethical values.
Print Size: 8½ x 14 (double sided)
 Download in English - 77 Kb (v. 1/04) [from Project YANO]