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pig · 11-02-2006, 07:03 AM

Re: military recruiters and will and bill - neither of these seems conclusive to me. i honestly wouldn't be surprised if the military would "work with you" a little bit if you lacked some of the requirement, but seemed earnest about wanting to get in, help out, and better yourself later on. its also pretty easy to lead someone where you want to go when you're asking questions of them - even if you don't mean to do it - but i mean, that's what david blaine does for a living.

i'm not sure i even see the j.c. issue as a discreditation. it sounds to me like they are saying you have to have some sort of pre-entrance education credits, and i wouldn't be surprised if there were some limitations on which credits those have to be. ie. amounting to the same information you'd need for a ged.

since we're throwing in anecdotal evidence, i'd just like to thank the marine recruiter, sean studley, who recruited me when i was in high school. did i join? hell no, not my bag. but, the second time he called my house, my friend jon was over. as i'm talking to studley, trying to get him off the phone without being rude, jon starts an impromptu acoustic version of "I love lesbians, you know they are my friends..." in the background. Studlely played it cool.

A few months later I go out to soccer practice, first day...and Studley is the assistant coach. I thought I was dead.

Nope - he was one of the coolest guys I've ever met. Completely destroyed all of my know-it-all high school illusions of what military types are like.

He never lied to me on the phone, answered my questions honestly (even the smartassed ones) and turned out to be a pretty cool dude. Even shaved my head when we won region. He used to initate jokes about us dwarf-tossing him (he was about 5 ft tall, max) at practice.

What does all this matter? Not a damn bit. The military is hurting for recruits, and I'd be very surprised if they didn't want to help kids get in that want in for whatever reasons. But they're not all smarmy assholes, either.

11-02-2006, 07:03 AM	#84 (permalink)
pig pigglet pigglet Location: Locash	Re: military recruiters and will and bill - neither of these seems conclusive to me. i honestly wouldn't be surprised if the military would "work with you" a little bit if you lacked some of the requirement, but seemed earnest about wanting to get in, help out, and better yourself later on. its also pretty easy to lead someone where you want to go when you're asking questions of them - even if you don't mean to do it - but i mean, that's what david blaine does for a living. i'm not sure i even see the j.c. issue as a discreditation. it sounds to me like they are saying you have to have some sort of pre-entrance education credits, and i wouldn't be surprised if there were some limitations on which credits those have to be. ie. amounting to the same information you'd need for a ged. since we're throwing in anecdotal evidence, i'd just like to thank the marine recruiter, sean studley, who recruited me when i was in high school. did i join? hell no, not my bag. but, the second time he called my house, my friend jon was over. as i'm talking to studley, trying to get him off the phone without being rude, jon starts an impromptu acoustic version of "I love lesbians, you know they are my friends..." in the background. Studlely played it cool. A few months later I go out to soccer practice, first day...and Studley is the assistant coach. I thought I was dead. Nope - he was one of the coolest guys I've ever met. Completely destroyed all of my know-it-all high school illusions of what military types are like. He never lied to me on the phone, answered my questions honestly (even the smartassed ones) and turned out to be a pretty cool dude. Even shaved my head when we won region. He used to initate jokes about us dwarf-tossing him (he was about 5 ft tall, max) at practice. What does all this matter? Not a damn bit. The military is hurting for recruits, and I'd be very surprised if they didn't want to help kids get in that want in for whatever reasons. But they're not all smarmy assholes, either. __________________ You don't love me, you just love my piggy style