Originally published October 9 2005
Website educates parents and kids about how to opt out of military recruitment
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Leavemychildalone.org details the process of U.S. military recruitment and how to remove the names of your children from the Pentagon's military database.
By completing the steps on these pages, you can create letters that will opt your child out of BOTH your high school recruitment list and the Pentagon database.
For background information about the Pentagon database, click here.
For background information on No Child Left Behind's high school military recruiting provision click here.
To opt your own child out, you must submit Opt Out letters by *postal mail* to your School District Superintendent and to the Pentagon.
If students are over 18, they may opt themselves out from school and/or Pentagon lists.
If the person you want off the list is out of high school but under 25, go through the steps, print and then recycle your School Superintendent Opt Out letter and mail the Pentagon letter to the address indicated.
You'll need a printer, two envelopes and two stamps.
Sign, stamp and mail your Opt Out Letters - one goes to your local Superintendent, one goes to the Pentagon.
Follow-up with your district to make sure they have opted your child out!
Each high school receiving federal funding is REQUIRED to turn over student information (name, address, phone number) to local military recruiters unless parents opt out in writing.
If you'd like more information on No Child Left Behind and School Opt-Outs, click here.
The Pentagon has developed a database of 30 million 16-25-year-olds, including name, address, email addresses, cell phone numbers, ethnicity, social security numbers and areas of study.
This database is updated daily and distributed monthly to the Armed Services for recruitment purposes.
You may "opt out" of this list by sending in the form generated through Leave My Child Alone, and your child's information will be moved to a "suppression file."
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