West Seattle Neighbors for Peace and Justice

Signing up for the military isn't like taking a job or registering for a camp or school. It is a serious decision that has lifelong consequences. Recruiters are quick to emphasize the good points about being in the military, but there are many downsides. What recruiters say about life in the military at best omits many facts. At worst, recruiters tell out-and-out lies to sign up recruits. BEFORE YOU ENLIST!
CHECK EVERY LINE BEFORE YOU SIGN
COUNTER-RECRUITMENT ADS This series of ads was recently run in Seahawk Talk, the newspaper of West Seattle's Chief Sealth High School. WSNPJ is running these ads to counteract the effects of the army's misleading full-page military recruiting ads, which run in every issue of Seahawk Talk.
If you or your group would like to place ads like these in your local high school or college paper and would like design help or advice from WSNPJ, please contact us. For more info contact WSNFPJ at:
jmrepp@comcast.net or call
206-932-9522

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Youth & Militarism Inform yourself before you enlist:
Youth and Military - American Friends Service Committee
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
CCCO's "Myths of Military Opportunity"
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD)
Quaker House
Truth in Recruiting
Sgt. Abe, The Honest Recruiter

Alternatives to Military Service The Seattle Draft and Military Counceling Center is for people to contact if they are in the military and want to become a CO.
206-789-2751 or sdmcc@scn.org
LINKS:
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Center on Conscience and War
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