Recruiter BS pressure tactic against an impressionable contact. Believable, IMO.
"...the Army's most dangerous job: cavalry scout."
Depends on your perspective but this is mostly an uninformed reporter swallowing somebody else's BS. Doesn't distract from the main point of the article on fraudulent recruitment, IMO.
"Matthew told his mother that military recruiting at the school and surrounding neighborhoods was so intense that one recruiter had pulled him out of football practice."
Not unlikely based on my experience as a parent of children that were recruited at the end of high school and during their early college years.
As to buying the garbage, I am not sure what you believe is "garbage" but the overall article was well-supported with facts and quotes from knowledgable and named sources. As with anything, I don't accept it simply because "it was in the paper" -- critical thinking is still required to decide how much credence to give to any third-person report. On balance, I would give this article a B+ to A- for authenticity with some mark-off for injected bias concerning an "unpopular war".
You just want me to read the entire article.
Be seeing you.
"...the Army's most dangerous job: cavalry scout."
Nice Try, maybe Explosive Ordance Disposal (EOD).
"Matthew told his mother that military recruiting at the school and surrounding neighborhoods was so intense that one recruiter had pulled him out of football practice."
Diagnosed with autism at age 3, and he plays football?