Originally Posted by Adnium_Ivana

So my friend's son school down south had recruiters for armed forces come to his HS and give a presentation on volunteer military life and beyond. hey talked about various zones of conflict, how the military will pay for university etc.

As a Canadian this is mind boggling to me that grooming for military life starts this early in the US. For those of you in the US, how do you feel? Is this a tradition that should be honoured or are you in favour of scraping it?