Military Test is Mandatory in Hundreds of High Schools (tags)
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery or ASVAB provides the military easy access to more than a half million high school students nationwide. It is one of the military’s most successful recruiting devices. Although the military calls the ASVAB voluntary, many students are coerced into taking it and thousands of high school juniors are forced to do so.
Protest Military Recruiting in East L.A. (tags)
A vigil and nonviolent civil disobedience are planned for Monday, March 19 to protest the targeting of Latino students in East Los Angeles for military recruiting.
PHOTOS: Protesters Target LA Recruiting Battalion (tags)
Demanding an end to military recruiting on High School and College campuses, about 50 to 75 People demonstrated today at the entrance to the Los Angeles Military Recruiting Battalion in the Crenshaw district. The facility is located at 5051 Rodeo, just east of La Brea.
AUDIO: Protesters Target LA Recruiting Battalion (tags)
50 to 75 People demonstrated at the entrance to the Los Angeles Military Recruiting Battalion in the Crenshaw district today . Protesters demanded an end to military recruiting on High School and College campuses.