Military Recruiters
How Recruiters Can Expand Their Market Reach
Tier 3 to Tier 1 Program
Citizens High School Program
High School Dropouts
“Leads, Lots of Leads”
More Leads — Better Leads — Reliable Leads
Potential Recruits
All High School Graduates
“Leads, Lots of Leads”
More Leads — Better Leads — Reliable Leads
WE’RE NOT YOUR TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL
We bring you Tier 1 DEP Ready Recruits
Helping to Make Recruiters Lives a Little Easier
Each Year...
Public School Graduates 4 million seniors
800,000 do not graduate
Drop Out Pool between ages 17 and 35 is over 12 million
Shouldn’t you be recruiting in the bigger pool.
You can now recruit in both pools
For a General Overview, watch this one-minute explainer video
To learn about the recruiting program in more detail, view this five minute video
Welcome to the Recruiter Resource Center
At CHS, we understand the unique challenges in some areas of recruiting. Our goal is to provide you with some supporting material and programs that you can use to unlock a steady tream of qualified recruits and to maximize and expand your recruiting pipeline.
How we support Military Recruiters
Explore our Educational Guides
Preview, Download, and Share
📘 What Are Educational Guides?
Our Educational Guides are short, easy-to-share resources designed to help students—and the recruiters who support them—understand their options when it comes to earning a high school diploma and pursuing military service. Each guide covers a specific topic, from how to fast-track graduation to how military enlistment can lead to college opportunities and enlistment bonuses.
How to Use Them:
These guides can be printed, emailed, or used in one-on-one conversations to help students make informed decisions and remove obstacles to enlistment. They’re great tools to build trust, answer common questions, and move students closer to qualifying for military service.
Educational Guide
How to use the ASVAB Prep Course to Increase Recruiting Numbers
Educational Guide
How to Fast Track Your High School Diploma While Working Full Time or Part Time
Educational Guide
How to Use the Military to go to College for Free
Educational Guide
Are You Better off Entering the Military with a High School Diploma or GED
Educational Guide
How to Fast Track Your High School Diploma While Working Full Time or Part Time
Educational Guide
How to Use the Military to go to College for Free
Educational Guide
Are You Better off Entering the Military with a High School Diploma or GED
FREE ASVAB PREP
Feel free to share this link with any of your recruits preparing for the ASVAB. Our comprehensive ASVAB Prep Course covers all key sections of the test—Arithmetic Reasoning, Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Mathematics, and more—and is designed for self-paced learning. We’ve also partnered with Duran Learning to provide additional weekly live support sessions to help your recruits feel confident and prepared on test day
Designated Purple Star School
Citizens High School (CHS) is a proud Purple Star School, recognized for its commitment to serving military-connected students and families. As a fully accredited online high school, CHS provides flexible, transfer-friendly education designed to accommodate the unique challenges of frequent relocations, deployments, and transitions that military families face.
With personalized academic counseling, self-paced coursework, and credit transfer support, CHS ensures that military students can stay on track toward graduation – no matter where they are stationed. Our program is built to provide stability and continuity in education, helping students achieve their goals while honoring the sacrifices of military families.
Let CHS Set Up a Zoom Briefing for Your Recruiting Station
The
Programs Accomplishments at a Glance
The Programs Accomplishments at a Glance
Program Started:
ASVAB Prep Course:
Graduates:
Current Active Students:
DEP Completion Rate:
Average Graduation Time:
March 2024
Users 1,500 and Climbling
30
20
100%
4.5 Months
Program Started: March 2024
ASVAB Prep Course: Users 1,500 and Climbling
Graduates: 25
Current Active Students: 35
DEP Completion Rate: 100%
Average Graduation Time: 4.5 Months
Last Updated: March 25th, 2025
Citizens High School at a Glance
Degrees and Certificates Conferred Since 1983
Credit Bearing Courses & Certificates
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
Some of Our Success Stories
About Our CEO Dr. Jim Etter
- Dr. Jim Etter is the Founder of American Military University, American Public University, Ukraine Online Academy and currently the CEO of Citizens High School.
- Prior to founding AMU, Jim was both enlisted and commission officer in the United States Marine Corps (“USMC”). He served three years as an enlisted Marine including a combat tour in the Vietnam War and the award of two Purple Hearts. Jim left the Marines in 1969 and used his GI Bill benefits to earn his Bachelors Degree and then re-enter the Marines as a commissioned officer.
- Jim officer career was as a Naval Flight Officer with over 2,000 flight hours in the F-4 Phantom, a Top Gun graduate and a primary instructor at the USMC Expeditionary Warfare School.
- Dr. Etter holds an honorary doctorate from American Military University, an M.A. in History from George Mason University and a B.A. in History from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a graduate of the United States Naval War College.
Eric Westerhold is the Director of Military Programs at Citizens High School (CHS), specializing in helping military recruiters place qualified applicants into their respective branches. With a decade of leadership experience in both the U.S. Army and corporate sector, Eric understands the challenges recruiters face in finding Tier 1 candidates and works to ensure CHS provides a fast, flexible, and accredited pathway for recruits who need to complete their high school diploma.
Eric works closely with recruiters across the country, supporting dozens of recruiting stations and hundreds of recruiters in streamlining education verification, fast-tracking recruit enrollments, and helping applicants meet enlistment requirements. With a deep understanding of both military expectations and recruiter challenges, Eric ensures that CHS remains a trusted resource for recruiters looking to expand their applicant pool with qualified, motivated candidates.
For enrollment assistance, transcript evaluations, or recruiter-specific resources, reach out to Eric Westerhold.
