How many feel they were lied to by their recruiters?

1SG Brian Adams - Then, not so much. Now, it is funny to me.

Builds Character...I'll bet it wasn't that funny at the time...

1SG Brian Adams - 3/4 of the stuff I went through in Basic wasn't funny then, but I certainly laugh at it now. ESPECIALLY when I hear these new boots telling stories of their time in basic.

Absolutely, a time honored tradition...good luck to you!

Just curious because so many people say they've had bad experiences

My standard joke is "How do you know when a recruiter is lying.....HIS LIPS ARE MOVING!
In all seriousness, as someone who has worked as a strength manager and later as an HRO/Deputy G1 in several USAR RSC/RRC commands, I can say there are good reputable ones out there. I would also as an organization USAREC has a high rate of Soldiers under adverse action or some sort of evaluation. The production pressure is immense and there is always the temptation to cut corners to make mission. There is an organizational ethos that seems to turn good Soldiers into ones with compromise integrity. So before we start shooting "lining recruiters" let's look at the total environment they have to work in.
ON A RELATED TOPIC....Shouldn't we bring back the draft?

SFC J. Fullerton, they had a vacancy. The Sgt I dealt with at MEPS even told me that much. He then questioned me about why I didn't want to do something else and went on and on about how MPs don't go anywhere, blah blah blah.

I did find out, too, that I was not the first person who had trouble dealing with this person.

Not sure what happened there, but if there was a vacancy I find it very hard to believe they would let you walk out of MEPS without joining. Sure, there are priority MOS's that counselors will try to sell. But the counselor/recruiter doesn't get any incentive for the job you pick. Bottom line is the contract. They will go to every length possible to get a vacancy if none is showing in the system. One of the worst things for a recruiter/counselor is a QNE at the MEPS. Qualified, Not Enlisting. 1SGs, and CSM's get involved and the Senior Counselor in charge gets his ass chewed out for it while you are sitting in the waiting room. It would not be worth the hassle. I have never known any counselor/recruiter who cared what job you picked as long as you took one that is available and signed a contract. If there was not a vacancy and they couldn't get it, I don't blame you at all for holding out. But no way is a QNE going to be allowed to walk out the door when there is a vacancy in the system. That is unheard of. There has to be more to the story than that.

As an Intel Officer, what I found more often than not was that soldiers with high enough scores to be interrogators, CI agents or intercept operators were ending up in other positions because the recruiters never offered them those opportunities because they weren't "on mission" or they didn't want to do the paperwork necessary to get them a DLAB test or get the higher clearances started. I had very few soldiers who considered their time at DLI in Monterey, one of the premier language schools in the country, to be a burden. It made most of them highly employable when they got out of the service, or if they were reservists, almost immediately upon return from AIT.

I've had applicant's score out the roof and have never pushed a specific MOS on them and never will. Nor have I ever pushed someone RA or AR for the mission. It's about their desires and goals at the end of the day. I'm just here to help them achieve their goals.