Recruiters

generaltsao_phorear · 10-07-2008, 03:08 AM

*******S!

i want funny stories about recruiters and you guys give me this ****, jeeze.

anyway, it's sounding like AF recruiters are alright guys. I liked my recruiter's attitude, he didn't care what I joined he just wanted me to make an informed decision and if i chose the AF then so be it.

j-easy · 10-07-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DM6 KILLA

i dont know what your rank is sailor (if you cna even call the coast guard sailors) but im going to be an O1
you dont know who i am so dont start.
the coast guard shouldent even be a military branch

wow i can't belive i just said that "im going to be an 0-1" you do realize how far away from an 0-1 you are, you aren't even eligible to enlist yet, let alone go through college and OCS or regular rotc.

you have no room to cut down the coast guard, they are excellent at what they do and there a lot of people alive today who owe their lives to the coast guard.

turdfurgason · 10-07-2008, 04:55 PM

isn't the CG falling under the DHS these days?

icp1327 · 10-07-2008, 05:12 PM

Yes but they used to be under DOT....when involved in war they fall under the Navy.......I usually accept most people talking trash, cause I will dish it out just the same...just not ignorant young kids.

j-easy · 10-07-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by turdfurgason

isn't the CG falling under the DHS these days?

only in peacetime, during time of war they fall under DOD, under the department of the navy

turdfurgason · 10-07-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by j-easy

only in peacetime, during time of war they fall under DOD, under the department of the navy

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Originally Posted by icp1327

Yes but they used to be under DOT....when involved in war they fall under the Navy.......I usually accept most people talking trash, cause I will dish it out just the same...just not ignorant young kids.

ok i wasn't sure how that went with the GWoT raging.....its been so long since i asked any one, but is the USSS still fall under the DHS or have they gone back to the treasury dept.....

berserker19 · 10-07-2008, 05:36 PM

I appreciate the coast guard quite a bit.. I live on the great lakes and enjoy taking out my sea kayak in the summer. My dad isn't as adventurous as he used to be, so now when I got out on long open water paddles I am by myself with only my rescue radio and cell phone. It always makes me feel good when I see the coast guard cutters or choppers going by because it reminds me that somebody is there if I have a problem or a bad storm comes up. Last winter a fisherman walked out on some thin ice, broke through and slid under. An off duty coast guard guy jumped in (in street clothes) and swam under to pull him out of the freezing water. We might risk out lives in Iraq, but these guys have to be ready to do it every day.

icp1327 · 10-07-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by turdfurgason

ok i wasn't sure how that went with the GWoT raging.....its been so long since i asked any one, but is the USSS still fall under the DHS or have they gone back to the treasury dept.....

DHS has the USSS still....as far as I can remember.

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Originally Posted by berserker19

I appreciate the coast guard quite a bit.. I live on the great lakes and enjoy taking out my sea kayak in the summer. My dad isn't as adventurous as he used to be, so now when I got out on long open water paddles I am by myself with only my rescue radio and cell phone. It always makes me feel good when I see the coast guard cutters or choppers going by because it reminds me that somebody is there if I have a problem or a bad storm comes up. Last winter a fisherman walked out on some thin ice, broke through and slid under. An off duty coast guard guy jumped in (in street clothes) and swam under to pull him out of the freezing water. We might risk out lives in Iraq, but these guys have to be ready to do it every day.

Semper Paratus!

turdfurgason · 10-07-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by icp1327

DHS has the USSS still....as far as I can remember.

thats what i thought, i wonder if they will ever go back to the treasury

icp1327 · 10-07-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by turdfurgason

thats what i thought, i wonder if they will ever go back to the treasury

Doubt it....they will get more funding by staying in DHS.

pbnoob9988 · 10-07-2008, 06:29 PM

My recruiter(s) were pretty cool, didn't seem to lie much.

underdog_153 · 10-07-2008, 07:39 PM

my recruiter didnt lie to me......just left out ALOT of stuff. but he cant name everything thats sucks in the marine corps

IronCorps · 10-12-2008, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by berserker19

What you guys need to realize is that most recruiters just don't give a ****, because they don't have any reason too. You take a guy who is happy with his job and shove him into some half assed social worker bull, dealing with whiny little high school kids who think they deserve something for nothing. Do you think they get extra money in their paycheck for helping you? hell no. They will do whatever they have to do to keep their commander and top off of their *** and that's it. Most guys get hoodwinked into that job, and the others are loser *** lifers who want to be a recruiter for as long as they can because they're too chicken **** to hack it in a real unit. That's how it works in the Army, anyways.

My job in the Army - Infantryman.
My secondary job in the army - Recruiter's Assistant (i'm a PFC, promoted to Specialist next month)

Can i be exempt plz? :]

Jlausen · 10-12-2008, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by berserker19

I appreciate the coast guard quite a bit.. I live on the great lakes and enjoy taking out my sea kayak in the summer. My dad isn't as adventurous as he used to be, so now when I got out on long open water paddles I am by myself with only my rescue radio and cell phone. It always makes me feel good when I see the coast guard cutters or choppers going by because it reminds me that somebody is there if I have a problem or a bad storm comes up. Last winter a fisherman walked out on some thin ice, broke through and slid under. An off duty coast guard guy jumped in (in street clothes) and swam under to pull him out of the freezing water. We might risk out lives in Iraq, but these guys have to be ready to do it every day.

I take a great deal of pride in the Coast Guard just because I've grown up on bases and a bunch of people I know are Coasties. I usually can take some of the flak they get, but it really does piss me off when people try to say they're worthless. The USCG is constantly sending ships to the Persian Gulf and across the Pacific to escort carriers and do support missions.

Not to mention the millions of pounds of drugs they confiscate and hundreds of lives they save in Alaska/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic/Pacific/any body of water. If I join a service, it's pretty much guaranteed to be USCG.

And I think just because they're DHS doesn't mean they're not really military. I guess they're more of a police force, but they still get all the benefits, which is good since my Dad can transfer his GI bill TA to me next summer.

And I have a recruiter story. My friend enlisted in the Army as some kind of computer tech, I don't remember specifically, and the recruiter told him he could he could start training right out of basic. Well, the guy lied to him and come to find it out would be like 5 years before he could do what he wanted to do. So my friend, committed, couldn't get out, so he actually had to drop out of high school. He would have gone to Iraq, and yeah, it's pretty ****ty that he was that adamant about not fighting, but he was lied to and didn't anticipate it.