The US military should not recruit minors.
However, this practice is currently widespread. Military recruiters are a common sight in our high schools, and they often make unwanted contact with our young people via phone calls and social media, trying ultimately to woo these kids into a combat zone. This has been going on for years, but why on earth is it allowed?
It shouldn't be.
As a society, we have determined that minors aren't yet ready to drink, smoke, vote, get married, and so on, but somehow it is okay to try to hard-sell them into a situation where they could be killed or be forced to kill? Of course it isn't. The status quo is simply and clearly wrong.
I call upon the administration to ban all recruitment of and marketing to minors for US military service.