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Protect Your Rights: Opt Out!

There are two ways that you must "opt out" in order to protect your privacy. They are:

1. "Opting out" of the Department of Defense's JAMRS database will stop the Department from indexing your personal information and distributing it to branches of the military for recruitment purposes. To learn more about the database, go to About the JAMRS Database; to download a template opt-out letter (Word format), click here.

2. "Opting out" of No Child Left Behind reporting -- that is, telling your school that it shouldn't release your contact information to the military -- is the first of many steps that you can take to protect yourself from aggressive and invasive military recruiters.

If you haven't read our FAQ on Recruitment and No Child Left Behind yet, check out the first half of it to learn more about opting out. If you've already done this, use this page to download one of the opt-out forms below and submit it to your school.

To opt out to your school, you can fill out our basic opt-out form [English / Spanish] (Word document) and either bring it to your principal's office or send it in to the central administration of your school. It lets you choose who can have access to his or her contact information--for instance, you can make sure that military recruiters don't get it but that colleges and prospective employers do. Any student can sign this form; a parent's signature can override a student's decision later, but it is not necessary on this form.