I think it is awful that military recruiters use misleading tactics to recruit students, especially at a time when so many of our troops are in harm's way. The promise of $70,000 for college is just factually wrong. If you study the G.I. Bill, you learn that very few veterans qualify for the amounts that recruiters and advertisements quote. Today's students are smart and read the fine print about how much money we will actually receive for our education in return for military service. The amounts typically received aren't even close to the ever-increasing costs of a college education. Enlisting when you are told the truth and have the facts is one thing, but enlisting when you are given misleading information is just plain wrong.
Adam Bedke
Draper