(01-29-2018, 09:10 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-29-2018, 08:49 PM)TJBender Wrote: No, I'd agree that for many people, the military is a fine career choice. I'd also ask if you've ever seen a military recruiter at work in a high school, because their interest is in meeting quotas on graduation day, not in giving children an honest look at their profession. Military recruiters will say anything to get a kid to sign on the dotted line, and let them figure everything else out once the promised specialist assignment in Germany or Japan turns out to be three tours dodging IED fragments in Irag right after getting out of boot camp.

All jobs do it to a point, sure, but how many of those jobs promise you a desk job in an exciting foreign country then get you blown up by a kid wearing a 72 virgins belt?

So recruiters...recruit? My diety, what a revelation.

McDonald's recruiter: "Come work for us! We have lots of room for growth and upward mobility!"
Reality: Flipping burgers for $8/hr. until you get promoted to assistant manager and start flipping burgers for $9.50/hr.

Military recruiter: "Sign up! See the world! Great educational opportunities! Specialized training you can use when your two years are up!"
Reality: You're lying on the sand bleeding out through a gaping hole in your torso, and the last thing you hear is a band of ISIS fighters celebrating your death

The promises made by the recruiters aren't too different, really, and neither one is entirely honest, but one of those two recruiters knows that there are even odds your career ends with a bang, and the other one just wants a warm body working the microwave until Dollar General comes along to snap up those managerial skills for $9.60 an hour.

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