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The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Friends Service Committee agree that military-backed programs are not appropriate for public schools.
The ACLU intervened in cases where entire classes were enrolled in JROTC without giving students a choice, or where cash-strapped schools used JROTC to substitute for physical education, said Jennifer Turner, a researcher with the group's Human Rights Program.
"The United States is unique in the world in having this type of program that targets kids as young as 14 operating in public school, where students sometimes don't even have a choice," she said. "It is apparent that the JROTC program is a recruiting tool."
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Has anyone ever seen a school that forced anyone to take JROTC? I may be out of touch but I have not.
