As a military war veteran I have mixed emotions about protesting against war, but I have to admit that the Army Experience Center was a bit on the risky side regarding the minds of children. We don't need kids running around waiting to get in line to be in the military, they need job opportunities in this country that don't involve placing your life on the line for careless corporations. Brain washing our youth is not a smart idea. Civil Air Patrol in Pa. has had a long history of using the Army National Guard to train children as young as 12 to operate military weapons and weapons systems through the same kinds of recruiting tactics used by the Army Experience Center. Odd thing is CAP is not supposed to be focusing on combat type training. Cap is a non-combat volunteer auxiliary of the United States Air Force and the CAP mission as chartered by the Congress expressly forbids any combat orientation, especially of the youth in their charge. Every CAP senior member is required to take cadet protection training and yet their highest ranking members in the Pennsylvania Wing are abusing the minds of 12 year olds. A frequently used statement by Wing commanders from the top down is that, "We need to break them down and build them back up." This mentality is abusive toward the children in their care. What exactly are they trying to break away? Training children with military weapons and not informing parents is unethical and there needs to be a top down cleaning of PAWG's house, starting with any senior who is benefiting financially from their involvement in indoctrinating children to military weapons when the CAP charter forbids combat orientation.