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‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2026
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!!! How did they get your email?!? That's scary!!!
I just checked the email again, and it was more along the lines of a mass email with his name inserted and such. At the time I read *.mil and my son’s name, immediately replied and archived the message. Actually reading it, the email said they were reaching out to all junior and senior parents to see who is interested. They got our email addresses from the school apparently.
I don’t understand why the school would think that it was acceptable to give the military information about parents and students.
You assume the school had a choice about giving the military the children's information?
Recruiters are voracious, if you play football or do anything physically active in highschool they are on your ass, like flys on shit. Lower income or in a rural area it's worse. Even if you say leave me alone they will still keep at it.
A lot of times they try to get the kids alone away from their parents to influence them. I've heard recruiters taking kids out to lunch to talk to them about joining.
If they get an inch they will take the entire mile. Best thing is to not engage them and teach your kid to not engage no matter how many recruiters try to talk to them. Kids think it's polite to just hear them out, don't.
Yup. My school made us take the ASVAB and I made an 89 on it, so every branch of the military harassed me for months.
I entertained a few of them, and proceeded to laugh at their blatant lies. Guaranteeing a MOS without it being in the enlistment contract, trying to get me to join the reserves with promises that I wouldn't get deployed (at a time when reserves were actively being deployed), etc.
Like, you guys want me because you think I'm really smart. Do you really think lying about easily verifiable information is a good move?
For people who didn't grow up in America, it may be surprising to read about JROTC. It's a pre-military program you can take instead of regular high school classes.