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TELL YOUR KIDS: IF YOU SEE A MILITARY RECRUITER COMING, CROSS THE STREET

Started by districtweekly · 10 months ago

So this is how we maintain an all-volunteer army?
Stories about the fraud, pressure tactics, and baiting practiced by military recruiters are legion.  But even if they have a soft touch recruiters may have an unfair advantage over teenagers (not known for their skilled assessment of l ... Continue reading »

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  • road runner

    10 months ago

    I had a friend tell a recruiter that he was communist. The recruiter said, we don't want you. LOL.
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  • Mike Guardabascio

    10 months ago

    If the above story bothers you, I'd urge to you click Rachel's link and read the transcript. A spokesman for the Army's Recruitment arm, Douglas Smith, at one point is forced to admit that another recruiter who had threatened a recruit with a warrant should he fail to show at an appointment was "reprimanded." And by reprimanded he means promoted to be head of his recruitment center. Awesome.
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