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I should start by thanking Rob and the gang for allowing me to guest blog at LGM. I’m actually starting a little early, but I have a fairly busy schedule Monday…

Anyway, I’m a bit older than the regular bloggers and have a daughter about to enter high school. This article in the May 14 Christian Science Monitor provided yet another reason why that can be such a scary proposition: government representatives come into the school and try to convince kids to become soldiers.

Don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with being a professional soldier. My wife and I have had first cousins in Iraq and I think military service is an honorable profession. America obviously needs soldiers.

But I don’t want my kids to move from a school to a battlefield.

Apparently, I’m not alone. The US military just reported results of a survey finding that fathers are increasingly skeptical about military service:

The percentage of fathers who said they would support military service for their son or daughter dropped from 77 percent in 2003 to 59 percent by last August, according to defense officials.

Moms have long been more skeptical, but their support dropped even more — from 65% to 52%.

The military says it is meeting its recruiting quotas, so this drop in support might not be a big deal. However, as retired Army General Barry McCaffrey says bluntly: “No kidding, we’ve got trouble.”

Happy Mother’s Day everyone.

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