Veterans for Peace Opposes JROTC
Excerpts from the resolution:
“This resolution calls upon the membership of Veterans for Peace to work together to remove Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) and military recruiters from public schools...
“The purpose of JROTC and military recruitment in our schools is the exploitation of children by adults for the purposes of violence. Conditioning our young to unquestionably accept the nobility of war and the correctness and virtue of killing as a solution to problems creates successive generations of confused, fearful and deadly young...
“Policy Memorandum 50 of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command clearly demonstrates JROTC is in fact a recruiting program. Concerning military recruiters a growing body of evidence supports the fact military recruiters are lying to our children to enlist them. Promises of education, college, job skills, duty stations and a host of other rewards are offered and often cannot be delivered...
“Clearly as veterans sworn to defend the Constitution of the United States of America, it is our responsibility to remove JROTC and military recruiters from our schools. Clearly as responsible parents and citizens it is our obligation to protect children, not to support their exploitation by adults who promote violence.
“Finally as mature and seasoned Veterans and citizens who have both experienced the horrors and futility of war, we understand the importance and role of high quality education to maintain both a Republic and Democracy. JROTC and military recruiters in public schools are the antithesis and profoundly undermine what is good and great about the United States of America.
“Therefore be it resolved that Veterans For Peace will work to remove JROTC and military recruiters from our schools.”
Resolution submitted by
VFP Tom Paine Chapter 10, Albany, New York