Tomgram: Nick Turse on Cyberstalking the Recruitable Teen
Nick Turse | 12.07.2005 15:09 | Anti-militarism
An Army of (No) One: An Inside Look at the Military's Internet Recruiting War
By Nick Turse
It's been a tough year for the U.S. military. But you wouldn't know it from the Internet, now increasingly packed with slick, non-military looking websites of every sort that are lying in wait for curious teens (or their exasperated parents) who might be surfing by. On the ground, the military may be bogged down in a seemingly interminable mission that was supposedly "accomplished" back on May 1, 2003, but on the Web it's still a be-all-that-you-can-be world of advanced career choices, peaceful pursuits, and risk-free excitement.
Read more at: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=5322
By Nick Turse
It's been a tough year for the U.S. military. But you wouldn't know it from the Internet, now increasingly packed with slick, non-military looking websites of every sort that are lying in wait for curious teens (or their exasperated parents) who might be surfing by. On the ground, the military may be bogged down in a seemingly interminable mission that was supposedly "accomplished" back on May 1, 2003, but on the Web it's still a be-all-that-you-can-be world of advanced career choices, peaceful pursuits, and risk-free excitement.
Read more at: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=5322
Nick Turse