Video short: The "How are Women Treated in the Military" is a segment of the full video "Before You Enlist 2018" that interviews veteran women who are giving testimony to the sexism and sexual abuse that women soldiers are often subjected to in the military as well as the lack of consequences resulting to those who have committed these violations. 

Video short: The "What happens when You Go To War"  is a segment of the full video "Before You Enlist 2018" that interviews veterans who giving personal witness to the violence and destruction to both sides of the conflict including catastrophic injuries and death. 

Video short: The "Joining the military for Educational Benefit"  is a segment of the full video "Before You Enlist 2018" that interviews veterans who are contesting the military's claim of educational benefits being functional while you are serving due to time constraints, and of conflicts with deployments. 

Reynaldo Salazar, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, spoke with student journalist Ryan Maejima Gonzalez from Canyon High School in Santa Clarita, California about the first time he experienced PTSD, how he sought help and how a person can help a veteran in their life who may be affected by Post-traumatic stress disorder. 

Aimee Allison, veteran, conscientious objector and counter-recruiter, was a featured speaker at the national counter-recruitment confernece held at UCAL/Berkeley, October 22, 2005. It was jointly sponsored by the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) and MOOS-Bay (Military Out of Our Schools). Over 650 attended; it was also CAN's annual national conference. 

In 2003, the U.S. government spent almost 4 billion dollars recruiting soldiers for our nation's all volunteer military forces. A portion of this budget was allocated to recruit thousands of high school students across the country - a practice which has been facilitated by the No Child Left Behind act.

The federal law requires that schools receiving federal funds grant military recruiters the same access to high schools as college and career counselors have. Critics say that the military should not have a presence on high school campuses in the first place. In this report, the Army granted us complete access as it traveled to a large San Diego high school. You will see recruiters and soldiers talk to students about life in the Army as well as visit the Army's 1.1 million dollar Aviation Van. This high tech truck is equipped with flight simulators, a cockpit of an Apache helicopter and interactive video war games. 

The recruiters we spoke to say they see themselves as counselors -- merely presenting students with opportunities after high school. But critics argue that recruiters do not paint an accurate picture of the military and act more like salesmen. We take an inside look at the relationship between the military and the recruitment of high school students.