Some things are so obvious and right you wouldn’t think they’d require any explanation or defense. But such are the times we live in that even the decision to relocate the local military recruiting center near the end of South Kitsap High School’s driveway has to be finessed.

When asked about the new location, the office’s Navy recruiter conceded the Mile Hill site had excellent visibility but diplomatically stopped short of saying the high school would be a fertile source of raw material.

In heavens name what’s wrong with that?

Of course the recruiters want to be on the minds of SKHS students — and for all of our sakes, we should want it, too.

In case anyone has forgotten, these are dangerous times we live in and we depend on our armed forces to defend our lives, our property and our freedoms. Consequently, it’s in everyone’s interest that our best and brightest should consider a military career.

And by all indications, they do.

Contrary to the image projected by military bashers, those enlisting in the armed forces these days aren’t doing so because they have no other options. In fact, it’s a buyers market in which the recruiters can afford to be selective.

Long gone are the days when the services had to settle for dropouts and those who couldn’t cut it in civilian life. Rather, it’s more likely to be the other way around as recruiters turn down anyone without a diploma or, in select cases, a GED.

In that respect, the recruiters actually offer an important incentive to those who might be considering dropping out — and what better place to deliver that message than on the school’s front doorstep?

Nobody has to apologize for considering a career in the military or for selling that possibility to someone else. Assuming one has what it takes to cut it in the service, there never has been or will be a more honorable way to make a living.