Asa Hutchinson: “In my role last year as chairman of the Personnel Subcommittee on Armed Services, we held two hearings regarding…”

“In my role last year as chairman of the Personnel Subcommittee on Armed Services, we held two hearings regarding recruitment to our armed services. One of the tragedies I became aware of was there are literally thousands of high schools across the United States that have denied access to our military recruiters. That is a national shame. In fact, we found that in 1999, which is the last year figures are available, the Army was denied access to 4,515 high schools; The Navy was denied access to 4,364 high schools; The Marine Corps was denied access to 4,884 high schools; and the Air Force was denied access to 5,465 high schools. These same high schools across the country are providing student directory information to college recruiters. They are providing routine access to employers, to class ring companies.”