A New York Times report has found that enrollment in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), a Pentagon-funded program designed to groom children for military service, is increasingly becoming mandatory in US high schools.
A New York Times report has found that enrollment in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), a Pentagon-funded program designed to groom children for military service, is increasingly becoming mandatory in US high schools.
When I was in HS a few years back, they had college admissions officers and military recruiters trying to play a tug of war with the students’ futures. One of the Air Force things was a test flight machine to see how good you are at attacking enemy aircraft and sustaining your own aircraft(no lie it was well made and realistic-ish video game like device but looked like an arcade game with the driver seat) The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they made the simulation easy on purpose because there were a few kids who tried it out and it really boosted their confidence to think they could hold their own in an Air Force dogfight. And that scares me. The US Military is making murderers out of our friends and family and try to attach Honor or Bravery or Confidence to Profit-driven Imperialism and Genocides. I’m not saying anything new here but sometimes it makes me so angry just thinking about it