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OCEAN CITY - At this weekend's OC Air Show, you'll hear jet engines scream, helicopters whirr, and the oohs and ahhs of thousands of visitors.

["Roxy the Recruiter" at a Chicago Air and Water Show. (flickr photo by TheeErin)

On the surface, air shows are about tourism and the spectacle of military might. But such large-scale events also are a cornerstone of military recruiting. Representatives from several branches of the armed services will be here during the OC Air Show -- and they're pumped that it dovetails with Senior Week.

Chiusano, the Air Force recruiter, said the No. 1 question posed to him by young people is: "If I join, do I have to go to war?"

"And the easiest way to answer that question is: No matter what branch of service you do join, there is that opportunity that you would have to deploy to a war zone," he said.
at the same time, there are a lot of good things that come, from the education to traveling to recreation stuff. A lot of folks tend to focus on the negative stuff."