Whittier Daily News - Military recruiting tactics hit

Castro said her son was two days from finishing his three-year service contract when he was deployed to Iraq via the military's 'stop-loss' orders. He was never told the military could keep him in service beyond his contracted time, she said.

JAG Hunter here: Teens, recruits aren't told about the military discipline, courts-martial system either. Many recruiters don't understand how the process works well enough to explain it to potential new hires.