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When You Enlist, You Lose Your Basic Rights
- If you leave your work without permission, you can be arrested.
- Any disobedience can result in criminal punishment.
- You can be punished without the right to see a lawyer or have a trial.
- Your right to say what you think when and how you want will be restricted.
- Individual expression through the way you dress and wear your hair won’t be tolerated.
- You will be subject to routine urine tests for drugs.
- The terms of your enlistment “contract” can be changed by the military at any time.
Things to Ask Yourself Before Enlisting:
- Are you prepared to fight in any war, any place, anytime that the government orders you to?
- Have you really considered and checked out all the job training and placement possibilities in your community?
- Is joining the military something you want to do, or are you being pressured into it by other people?
- Is this a spur of the moment decision you may regret later?
- Have you talked to any of the many veterans who didn’t like the military?
Why didn’t they make the military a career? - If you become unhappy after you enlist, do you know how hard it will be to get out?
- If you get a less-than-honorable discharge, do you know how hard it will be to get it changed?
Topics: Military Facts, The Basics |