I know guys have to sign up and stuff for their 18th birthday but i'm female and the United States Government called for me the other day but i wasn't home. I never gave any of them my number. Not any that came to my high school...when i was in high school...i'm 20. Could it be something else than a recruter?
2006-12-30 06:59:49 · 13 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
i still live at home, and so the house number is under my father's name. My boyfriend is in the army......
2006-12-30 07:11:41 · update #1
well i wasn't home when they called, my mother was, and she answered it and they asked for me and she said i wasn't home (which i wasn't) and they didn't say anything to her.
2006-12-30 12:43:50 · update #2
First of all little darlin'
This is the GOVERNMENT you're talking about here
what about the information that they have on ALL of us
that you don't get ?? These are people who could give you a list of information about yourself that YOU don't even know !!
Now, by the way your "question" lays out here
No one ever said that they were calling from a recruiter's office in the first place (?) you have just "assumed" this
You state that they said they were from "the United States Government"
So, this could be absolutely ANYTHING----may have to deal with your taxes---could be that your boyfriend is trying to get a security clearance and they are checking out all of his references-- it could be (God forbid ) a word having to do with your boyfriend's situation or he's being shipped out or _________ect ect ect ------ANYTHING !!! Take the call next time and find out--- I grant you that if it is the government---they will be calling UNTIL you respond and ---Don't make them come to YOU or you will be wishing that you had responded FAR more rapid to them and not been wasting time asking people on the dang "net" what to do about it all !!!!!!!
2006-12-30 07:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably got it from your school. Or perhaps from college? They don't need much to get a phone number if you are listed in the phone book.
It is also possible that a friend who is seriously considering joining the military (or the FBI or the CIA, for that matter, since you did not say it was military) gave them your name and number because they believed you would be interested.
I wouldn't worry about it. It could also be totally cold calling from the entire phone book. If they called you by name, however, it came from some list somewhere, probably school records.
If you have a good high school record, you should know that the opportunities for women in the military and in other forms of government service are probably better, on the whole, than the opportunities for women in almost any other demanding career.
The military makes it a policy to place recruits in jobs that reflect their potential to the extent possible, and can do pretty well with this in peacetime. You will have an excellent record to get you ahead when you return to civilian life.
Of course, there is that nuisance called a war in Iraq, right? But apparently the troops are doing a lot more than just war-making. They are backing up a great humanitarian effort, as well. National Geographic recently had quite a thing on the medical services which are being used more by civilians than the military. Very high tech and efficient, within the limits of the conditions.
2006-12-30 07:15:13 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Recruiting Service get numbers from the school or college you attended. By Law, Those schools who receive federal funding must give to the Military Recruiting Service this information. If they call and you are not interested, just tell the recruiter so and request that he or she take you off the list, they shouldn't call you again.
2006-12-30 07:34:04 · answer #3 · answered by SOSFG 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is part of the child left behind act, all publically funded schools must allow military recruitment officials to have recruitment drives within the school, the military also has access to your school records and therefore your phone number
2006-12-30 07:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They get it the same way any other telemarketing service gets it. If you fill out those entries in the mall to win something. If you give your number at a store when you purchase something. There are literally thousands of ways people, not just recruiters, can get information.
2006-12-30 07:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public record
2006-12-30 07:22:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your number listed? You may have given it out to someone who has sold it to the recruiters. For example those stupid stores that want your phone number. I lie and make one up.
2006-12-30 07:05:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know someone in the military, you could have been referred to a recruiter. Often (currently in the AF) there are programs that award cash to members for successfully recruiting someone they know.
2006-12-30 07:07:49 · answer #8 · answered by qfrasier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe that they get a list from your high school regardless of wether you ask for this to happen or not...................at least this appears to be the case here in Florida........son was toying with idea of Navy or AF but we got HOUNDED by the Army guy, last call we got was 6 months ago....oddly enough son is in the AF and has been for a YEAR...............so go figure.
2006-12-30 07:03:54 · answer #9 · answered by candy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reverse lookup from lists of high school kids.
2006-12-30 07:21:41 · answer #10 · answered by jrnh5150 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋