What did your recruiter tell you that you found not true when you joined?

2014-11-13T17:23:17-05:00

I was told that the medical benefits for us were the same benefits our families' would have, however found out a lot of things are limited for them.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 13 at 2014 5:23 PM

2014-11-13T17:23:38-05:00

For me it was the choice of jobs. While I don't regret going infantry when I first joined up, I learned later that I could have selected any job I wanted. The recruiter was kind of quiet about that and "pushed" combat arms. Again, I think I'm a better person for spending four years in the infantry, but it would have been nice to have had all my options laid out for me, instead of what (apparently) the recruiter needed to fill.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Nov 13 at 2014 5:27 PM

2014-11-13T17:27:36-05:00

None, I had a great recruiter who told me the good and the bad.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2014 1:47 PM

2014-11-14T13:47:24-05:00

ROFLMFAO! Where do I start?

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Nov 14 at 2014 1:57 PM

2014-11-14T13:57:16-05:00

My recruiter was great. He worked hard to take good care of me, and I was definitely a pain. 5 years later, I became a recruiter, and my old recruiter was actually the Officer recruiting flight chief. In my 4 years as a recruiter, I will admit, regrettably...I lied ONE time to an applicant. A few days later told her that I wasn't truthful and apologized. She still shipped to BMT. In regards to CW5 Montgomery's comment, yes recruiters are pressured very hard to fill certain vacancies. One of the biggest injustices I ever saw was an applicant that had a 96 ASVAB, and passed the DLAB for linguist. It was the end of the month, with no linguist jobs left, but the SQ wanted to win the completion points for the Group so they booked the kid a services job to win the comp points with a 93 and above ASVAB applicant. Luckily, I had a good friend at the job bank at basic and convinced this kid I would take care of him. When he arrived at basic, he got his job swapped to linguist.

Response by SSgt B Mac made Nov 14 at 2014 4:08 PM

2014-11-14T16:08:45-05:00

My recruiter said I could choose my language once I arrived at DLI. That is not true if you are just joining a service. Although, I think my recruier was just ignorant when it came to Intel.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2014 4:35 PM

2014-11-14T16:35:05-05:00

My recruiter was pretty straight up with me. Great guy.......still talk to him to this day.