Do you think college campuses are an appropriate place for the military to recruit people?

Question

I personally feel that it is not. What's your opinion?

Answer 1

A college student is usually one who is seeking a career. The military is a government career which some students may choose, just as a legitimate corporation is a business some students might choose. Both should have equal representation on a college campus, no matter what your feelings are toward the military or toward that corporation.

However, the military has a greater right to recruit on many college campuses for three reasons:
1) Government funding, without which many students could not attend college.
2) Government grants, without which many colleges, themselves, could not exist
3) Without the military, protecting our freedoms, there would not exist a liberal education.

Answer 2

College campuses are one of the most logical and appropriate places for the military to recruit people. Just bringing this into question makes me wonder what extraordinarily low value you place upon the military.

The U.S. military not only protects America, but many other nations as well. For example, Japan's constitution does not allow them to have a standing army, so the U.S. has an agreement to protect them. South Korea has been under our protection since the 1950s. The mere existence of our military has prevented many unprincipled countries from trying to take advantage of their weaker neighbors.

Where would you have the military recruit, then? Shopping malls? Game arcades? Bowling alleys?

The modern U.S. military is constantly looking for new recruits with cutting edge skills, and the best place to find qualified people is college campuses. You would expect to get a much lower caliber of person in some game arcade, right?

So, unless you want to be protected by some dimwit who barely passed High School, and who has been living in his parents' basement for the last four years, smoking pot, I would strongly suggest you reconsider your stance on how the military recruits.

The military is not forcing anyone to join. However, if the recruiting situation deteriorates, the draft could be implemented again. Is that what you want?????

Answer 3

Yes. My husband has recruited many people from college campuses. Some kids feel "stuck" in college, unsure what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Others will join shortly after graduation. This is no different than having a hospital or sports team recruit at a college. It is an option for a job in the future if one decides to join.

I am curious to know why you feel it is wrong.

Answer 4

Hey, they should, with reasonable conduct,I am retired Army.

But I said "reasonable conduct"

However: they should avoid some colleges:

I wonder why they have "issues" with not being allowed on a few schools?

As if they are going to get students from such as a Quaker or Mennonite college to join?

Why does the military press the issue: some jerk with a few stars is not thinking. I mean look at the issue with Methodist, Lutheran and Catholic schools: if faith based well they do not want recruiters but some General or political czar is always forcing the issue:

Drives me insane.

Any Army officer that goes to a college with an established position against war is to me a total failure.

It all reminds me of Nixon's Vice-President Spiro Agnew:
the "wordy" man who was a "bag-man" for corruption.
Agnew was so evil and ill that he devoted his office to mocking all that were against Nixon.

People do "not get" the implications of recruiting: tis fine to recruit but to use some vague law to threaten a college? Well "what are you fighting for?"

I fought for freedom.

Answer 5

If universities turn away recruiters, they can lose Federal financial support. Take it up with your state representative if you don't think it's right. College campuses are very appropriate...the military can get the best of the best that way. Where do you think officers come from? HS drop outs working at the take out window of McD's?

Answer 6

I'm ok with it-- its certainly a career choice like any other.
They recuit on HS campuses too.

Nobody is forcing students to join or even listen to the recruiters. If there's no interest, they won't join. If there's interest and good option for somebody, why not join.

Alot of military people have college degrees.

Answer 7

I believe college campuses are fair game for our military complex. These institutions of higher learning have long been hiding places for under achievers who could much better serve humanity by serving in the armed forces than by rounding up participants for the next beer bust.

Look around campus some time and look at all the poorly motivated souls wandering aimlessly from one class to the next, just waiting for classes to end so they can crack open that next beer. Uncle Sam could light a fire under these guys and make their mama's proud!

Answer 8

Of course. It's an environment where people are looking to find careers and jobs. The students who disrupt the military recruiters are breaking the first amendment in my opinion.

Answer 9

There was a time when colleges wanted to do away with recruiters on the campus. That's when the gov't said , "ok, then say goodbye to whatever federal funding you get." Well, that was the end of that battle.

Answer 10

I do. Why shouldn't they try and get educated people? And just because the recruiters are there doesn't mean someone has to enlist anymore than they'd have to take a job from any other headhunter that's on campus.