Army Recruitment At SAC

[Heath Ledger]

What do you think about America's Army which was designed by the Army for recruitment purposes, its a violent first person shooter game much like Ghost Recon, its target is young teens and pre-teens.

[DarrinS]

You know, we love to give lip service to how great our military is and what an honor it is to serve and yet no one wants to serve.

I have a friend that been on two tours of Iraq and wants to go back.

[JoeChalupa]

I have a friend that been on two tours of Iraq and wants to go back.

[JoeChalupa]

They did the same thing at my high school. They try to "whoo" you with all the games, free things. It was during lunch in the cafeteria so you couldn't avoid it. The school also is apparently allowed to give them your information because I honestly never filled out any of those forms and I don't know how they would've gotten my phone number otherwise. They constantly call you even if you ignore them. The school sponsored that ASVAB test claiming that it is not an endorsement of the military, but we all knew that is was. Some lady claiming that you could win a free iPod, but you had to fill out a form giving them info. Stuff like that turned me off to the military, not made me want to join it.

Nobody makes you sign on the dotted line.

[IceColdBrewski]

Nobody makes you sign on the dotted line.

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[baseline bum]

I don't like them recruiting minors in high schools, but at a college I don't see anything wrong. As for the high schools, those ers sell your information to a lot more than the army. One day I told a counselor I was thinking of majoring in aerospace engineering when I went to college, and I immediately started getting hounded by Hallmark Ins ute of Technology and their aircraft maintenance program.

[Bartleby]

Go to the Army's website:

http://www.goarmy.com/home/soldier_l...weekend&page=0

They make it look like summer camp.

[CuckingFunt]

I have fewer issues with recruitment than I do with the tactics they employ.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I have a friend that been on two tours of Iraq and wants to go back.

why's he hanging out with a like you?

[Nbadan]

why's he hanging out with a like you?

Probably the #1 reason he wants to go back...

[chode_regulator]

What I want to know is where are the Marine Corps Tents!!??

seriously? you should know the marine corps doesnt have the money for that. the commandant would probaly punch you if you brought that plan to him.

Why do you hate freedom?

I hope the u.s. services don't partner with the credit card companies during recruitment. I skimmed the post so maybe it was sarcasm.

The government actually did something great a year or so ago and went after these payday advance s that were preying on the servicemen/women.

yeah but they still left the rates high as . i mean how that was even legal in the first place is incredulous, and why they left it as high as they did is even more incredulous

[chode_regulator]

for anyone who hasnt been in the military....recruiters will tell yuo anyhting and everything to get you to sign up. they would probably promise you tha tyour first dog that died as a kid will come back to life adn be at boot camp grad if you brought it up.

[Nbadan]

[Ya Vez]

Get ready for the draft..

Charlie Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, said he will propose a measure early next year.

In 2003, he proposed a measure covering people age 18 to 26. This year, he offered a plan to mandate military service for men and women between age 18 and 42; it went nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.

Democrats will control the House and Senate come January because of their victories in the Nov. 7 election.

It's been proposed and I am sure it will come back now that Obama is going to be in WH..

[doobs]

Get ready for the draft..

Charlie Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, said he will propose a measure early next year.

In 2003, he proposed a measure covering people age 18 to 26. This year, he offered a plan to mandate military service for men and women between age 18 and 42; it went nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.

Democrats will control the House and Senate come January because of their victories in the Nov. 7 election.

It's been proposed and I am sure it will come back now that Obama is going to be in WH..

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Rangel was merely trying to draw attention to the fact that the United States is involved in conflicts around the world and only some of our citizens are actually sacrificing. He doesn't want to bring back the draft; he wants an end to US interventionism.

[Drachen]

Honestly, my all time favorite "recruiting event" that I ever saw was back in 2000 I went to "Airport." It was a large rave that one of my cousin's friend put together. It was held at a hanger for the national guard armory in Austin. It was HUGE! Well, at about 1:30-2:00 in the morning I noticed there was a booth set up with two military looking personell behind the table and I went up to them and they told me that I could get a free techno CD if I gave my info. I looked at the CD, liked what I saw, so I looked at the card they wanted me to fill out. Name, address, social, phone number, etc. Needless to say, I suddenly had a pseudonym a different address and my social was just 9 numbers taken out of the air, and I had a new CD! So really I have to know, could they think of no better demographic to recruit from??

[MannyIsGod]

Get ready for the draft..

Charlie Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, said he will propose a measure early next year.

In 2003, he proposed a measure covering people age 18 to 26. This year, he offered a plan to mandate military service for men and women between age 18 and 42; it went nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.

Democrats will control the House and Senate come January because of their victories in the Nov. 7 election.

It's been proposed and I am sure it will come back now that Obama is going to be in WH..

Sure because Democrats are going to past every piece of legislation that has ever been proposed by a Democrat in the past, right? Because no matter what the legislation is, if another democrat proposes it they'll vote yes on it, right?

And of course, no matter what, President Obama will sign it because they're all Democrats, right? Nevermind if the Dems have never pursued such a thing or if its never been part of Obama's agenda, they're all Democrats so thats all that matters, right?

[RandomGuy]

So, I'm sure I'm going to get flak for this no matter what I say, but I'm going to provide a disclaimer first. I full support the members of our armed forces and this post is in no way meant to attack them but simply gather opinions on a current Army policy.

So anyway, in the courtyard area of SAC right now the army has multiple tents setup. One is a tent here you can receive dog tags with what I presume is your name on them. I saw clipboards and forms so I think at the least they require you to give them some contact info unless the Army is joining the banks in offering credit cards to students.

In another display they have some type of rover. It looks like the mars rovers and I assume its used for some kind of bomb squad. I believe they allow you to "play" with it along an obstacle course in the display but I am not fully sure since I have not gone and talked to them.

In the 3rd tent, they have a huge elaborate stage setup for Guitar Hero.

What do people think of the recruiting methods they are currently using?

Sounds like relatively decent marketing of the kinds they need to be doing to keep up the numbers.

I approve.