Military Organization
Unlike in many other countries where citizens are required to serve in military, United States depends on people voluntary choosing to become a member of military organization to defend and protect the country. Why exactly do people choose to join the military? Ask any recruiter from military organization and you will learn many interesting things. They will tell you that military training and experience may qualify you for a wide range of civilian careers and that in addition to free career counseling military offers its veterans help with employment. Want to get a degree in a field that suits you the best? No problem – just choose a career path, select a degree, find the military-friendly school offering you a generous scholarship and you are virtually there. Sounds easy. Much easier then excelling in your studies, struggling to get financial aid or fishing out that dream job. Ask and you will be told success stories of those military servicemen that received their degrees from recognized universities or took a beneficial federal job. Military path may turn out quite successful for you, too.  Or it may not.  
For military organizations that use recruitment methods as any other business may not share with you the stories of those fifty percent seeking financial aid who failed to receive it through military. Or they may not tell you that you might actually need counseling or employment assistance because getting a civilian job would be too difficult after receiving a very different military training.  
Well, after all if we talk about recruitment the things they tell us must sound appealing. Businesses do so to pitch their job to us, then why should not military organizations use the same methods? But think about it. Is military career just like any other career? Try to think about a business that requires you to commit at least eight years of your life counting the reserve time (while getting out is not an option). Is there a kind of business that takes away your freedom obligating you to do virtually anything it says, including killing people? Requires you to give up your U.S. Constitutional rights? May send you to war in Iraq? May even take your life? Does not sound like an ordinary career path. Then way should we allow military organizations to be present on our college campuses offering us to join their forces as if this option is just like any other career choice?
Moreover, military organizations openly discriminate against hiring “open” homosexuals and are known for sexually harassing women. However, that does not stop our government from forcing university campuses to allow military recruiters being a part of college job fairs. If universities were to ban such presence, they would be likely to lose their financial aid.  
Of course, you may say, the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and the Navy must get their recruiters from somewhere. And it may not be all that bad to get their benefits (such as education and career development, family support, Health Care and insurance, spouse employment, job boards, veteran benefits, home loans, discounts, etc.).  After all somebody must protect and defend our country and that is beyond question.  And to recruit the needed number of people the military must make itself appealing using every possible method.  So why not choose the easiest way and  to appeal to those who are not doing so well in college, targeting struggling students and offering them “last chance” sort of career in military service?
We may agree or disagree with the things stated above. Only let us not forget the fact that placing a military recruiter on campus among other businesses causes it to appear too “normal” - just like another career choice. In other words, it puts military service in one row with ordinary jobs causing us to forget about the huge difference distinguishing this profession choice from any other.
Works Cited:
Philips, Tina. “Last Chance? I Think Not”.