2007-02-10 15:04:50 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Our recruiter told us to omit tons of information that later caught up with us. My husband needed a security clearance and--thankfully--but it was a near miss. I've heard lots of stories like that. What's up with that???
2007-02-10 15:34:17 · update #1
OldeSalt, I'm a military wife. I do look for the good in the military. I'm well acquainted with it. I'm just asking a general question about decietful recruiters because we HAD one when we enlisted. Don't be daft.
2007-02-10 15:36:46 · update #2
Most recruiters don't lie, contrary to popular opinion. The ones that do lie and get caught get a lot of media attention. My recruiter never lied to me, he told me flat out that basic training would be tough, I could easily see a combat zone, and that injury or death were possible results.
My father was a Navy recruiter, and he never misled a recruit or encouraged them to lie, quota or not.
2007-02-10 15:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Devil Dog '73 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The military recruiters are like any sales people. They have to meet a quota, and if they don't, they get fired (reassigned). SOME do stretch the truth and other factors to meet the quota, and that makes the GOOD ones look bad. My brother was a recruiter just before he retired and he turned on a couple of other recruiters who did underhanded things to meet their quotas. There are more honest recruiters than bad ones, but we only hear about the bad ones. Seldom does the media report on that recruiter who goes the extra mile and spends hours AFTER his job serving the community. My brother coached little league baseball and basket ball. He tutored, on his own time and without pay, 3 high school boys who would not have graduated otherwise. But do you read about things like that? NO! All you people can do is gripe about the SLACKERS! GIVE IT UP ALREADY! Why don't you people try to look for the GOOD in our military, instead of being like the wimpy, inbred military hating media and only find the ONE OR TWO screw ups and blow it out of proportion!
2007-02-10 23:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have a quota to fill. And its more like bending the truth or not revealing certain things. That's why a recruiter shouldn't be the only one you talk to prior to enlisting in the military. Their job is to get as many eligible young people in the military, especially with Bush needing to send more troops to Iraq.
2007-02-10 23:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by Knowledge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not all of them lie. the ones that do lie though do it because they have a quota. they have to meet it or they're gonna get chewed up. most of them don't lie though. for example my recruiter told me straight out from the beginning that he had a quota to meet and his job was to recruit and make people see the good side of the navy. not all of them are like that though. my old army dude lied to get me to sign, lied about arotc, told me to hide my last speeding ticket and so forth. in a way though, it's the recruit's job to look up and make sure what he/she's being fed is true as well. don't just sit there and listen to one recruiter the whole time and believe every single thing he/she says. talk to other people like prior service, currently enlisted, as well as other recruiters. if you got ****** because of what a recruiter told you and then you tell me you made no effort to find out info from other people as well, i'll pity you, but i won't cry you a river. it was half your fault too.
2007-02-11 00:16:57 · answer #4 · answered by LuvingMBLAQ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as a recruiter i don't like to tell applicants to lie but in some cases (as cliquish as it sounds) it is necessary. i know that army regs require perfect people to join. the army would not have anyone in it if everyone was 100 percent honest. for example i would tell someone to shut up about a speeding ticket but not about a misdemeanor or felony. i would tell someone to shut up about a broken bone but not asthma.
2007-02-12 00:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by chkibo2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorrily enough, it's all about numbers, quotas. It is sad, but true. And I don't think it's straight out lying, but bending the truth quite a bit
2007-02-10 23:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by J S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they need you to get in, and basically if people had to be true to all the standards that it takes to get in then nobody would ever be able to join. haha I know when I joined I had to bend some rules...
2007-02-10 23:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by AirAssaultMP 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The lying that I heard of was when putting down of where you want to be stationed ,you may not get that station.
2007-02-10 23:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by thresher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how do u think they got michaeljackson into the military?
btw, the pentagon still wants those shiny uniforms back.
2007-02-10 23:14:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding me? Sure, there are some things that get "bent" to allow someone to get in like I know someone who was too tall to join the army but they told him to hunch over so he could get in... and he did, they also for someone took sharpy and colored in his marijuana tattoo to look like a "spade" from a deck of playing cards so he could sign up and get it removed before basic.
2007-02-10 23:15:21 · answer #10 · answered by heavy_cow 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋