Concerns growing as Navy increases presence on high school campuses [View all]

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Concerns growing as Navy increases presence on high school campuses
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, November 11, 2013 19:20 EST

The first time Miguel Martinez visited a college campus, it was for a summer camp paid for by the US Navy, which is investing millions to improve public education and, ultimately, potential recruits.

While cash-strapped school districts are anxious for the help, critics contend that it comes at too high of a cost: the militarization of schools and the indoctrination of the young.

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Martinez, 16, attends Rickover Naval Academy, a public high school in Chicago whose 508 students wear uniforms and take classes in military history and naval science taught by retired naval officers.

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The city already had six public high schools run as military academies, which enroll nearly 2,800 students, the largest contingent in the nation.



unhappycamper comment: Twelve years of war has decimated another generation with PTSD, TBI, homelessness, drug addiction. and mutilation.

Republicans just cut food stamps for 900,000 veterans.

This camper recommends you council your children about the effects of a real war.

Playing "Call Of Duty" well does not prepare you for the horrors of combat.