Ideas and resources for starting a local counter-recruitment project.
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Ideas for high school students who want to oppose recruiting.
Report on Project YANO’s efforts to gain access to schools in San Diego County from 1984 to 1995 (updated 7/06). Discusses outreach strategies, legal basis for equal access, lessons learned by activists. Key correspondence with school districts is included in appendix. Very useful for getting a school outreach program started.
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After giving presentations at conferences and schools, we are often approached by high school
counselors who converse daily with students interested in joining the military after they
graduate. School counselors want advice on how to talk to young people about this life-
changing decision. Here are some ideas for them to consider when discussing the military with
students. By Amanda Jordan-Starks.
“JROTC is one of the best recruiting devices that we could have.”
—William Cohen, then Secretary of Defense, February 2000
List of employment training and placement programs for youths in San Diego County.
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List of possible sources for college financial aid, including national sources and some specific to California.
Latest revision: Sep 2024
Straight talk from soldiers, veterans and their family members tells what is missing from the sales pitches presented by recruiters and the military's marketing efforts.
Counter-recruitment brochure for women.
General counter-recruitment brochure for young people.
Rick Jahnkow of Project YANO speaks to counter-recruitment organizers at "Its Our World - Change It" - the National Counter-Recruitment & De-Militarization Conference held in Chicago from July 17-19, 2009.
Project YANO's video of students sharing their personal goals and talking about the pressure they feel from military recruiters. [Aug 25, 2016]
Leaders from the Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities present career choices in peacemaking and social change to high school and college students gathered at UC San Diego. UCSD TV Series: "Growing Activism" [3/2008]
Getting out of the Delayed Entry Program
Instructions for getting a DEP enlistment canceled (see Spanish version below).
Latest revision: Jun 2025
Explains conscientious objection and reasons why school guidance offices should provide students with CO information; questionnaire to help students explore whether their beliefs might conflict with enlisting or being drafted.
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Questions to ask counselors to learn about military aptitude testing at a school; helpful in preparing a campaign against the ASVAB.
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A flier distributed to San Diego teacher union members during a successful strike in 1996. While almost all other teachers respected the picket lines, all 21 of the district's JROTC instructors crossed them. Note that JROTC textbook quotes on the flier are from books that have since been revised and may not contain the same text.
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Speaks to those who think the military is the best way to prove one's manhood.
A directory of youth service opportunities, including regional, national and international programs.
Latest revision: Jul 2014
"Choosing a Career that Pays in Many Ways" Brochure for high school-age young people. Discusses how to make a career choice that is compatible with both income needs and ethical values.
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1999 Memo from U.S. Army Cadet Command ordering JROTC teachers to help the military recruit students into the Army. Documents the way JROTC has been used as a recruiting tool.
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The military-sponsored Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program teaches its lessons to over 550,000 students in classrooms at approximately 3,400 high schools around the country (“Geographic and Demographic Representativeness of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps,” Rand Corporation, 2017).
This Guide contains information on steps that can be taken to remove JROTC shooting ranges and marksmanship training from high schools. The content is based on decades of research and extensive experience organizing around the JROTC issue, including a campaign that succeeded in a highly militarized community. Samples of materials used in that campaign are at the end of the Guide.
Uses personnel budget from one school to illustrate how JROTC can cost more than other educational programs.
Explains how JROTC subsidy is calculated and why it becomes an added expense for schools.
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