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Stompy,
Wow, you amaze me, you must have been one hell of a recruiter to know that all recruiters lies. No, you did not say all, but you implied it.
ONE - I did recruit for the U.S. Navy.
TWO - I NEVERED LIED to an applicant. An applicant is anyone that I sat down with and discussed their options.
THREE - Whenever I contacted a potential applicant, if they told me what their plans were I would congratulate them and asked (yes I asked them) if I could call back to see if things were going as planned. More often than not they said yes.
FOUR - I never promised anything that I personally could not provide. Not a specific job, duty station, etc...
FIVE - When asked the tough questions (the ones that I feel you implied all recruiters would lie about) I answered them and if I didn't know the answer, I immediately call one of the other recruiters in my district to get the answer.
SIX - I was a damn good recruiter and I did my job with the highest of ethics.
Does this mean that just because I didn't do any of the things you implied, none of the other recruiters did either. No I am not saying that. Matter of fact, I have met recruiters who would do just about anything for a contract. But guess what, for every good person in a profession, there is someone bad. This goes for police, lawyers, doctors, even computer programmers.
As for recruiters obtaining list of kids in school I'm all for it. Otherwise, how are they to do their job if they don't know how to contact them. There is a solution though, do away with recruiters and bring back the draft. Then do as Israel and every citizen would complete two years of active military service and then be in the reserves for the rest of their life. How do I know this, well, Israel is one of the wonderful places that I was able to visit (twice).
Also, before any person joins the military, they should research it. Talk to people (more than one of course) who have been in the military. Research it on the internet, that is what my son did before he joined (he is in his second week of boot camp). Did I pressure him, no, this is something that he has wanted to do for the last four years. Any person who joins in todays day and time and does not get what they wanted out of it can only blame themselves. There is way to much information out there to obtain before making a decision.
Seadevil
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