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I hated the recruitment texts and calls. The high school and university apparently just give your information to recruiters.
Wait, this a real thing? That's so... American I guess.
Yeah, but if you go to a good high school they send recruiters who may tell you to commission instead of only to enlist
And no they don't take "ineligible" for an answer. I didn't want to die for oil, but even if I did they wouldn't let me, but they also wouldn't leave me alone.
I hear one can take the ASFAB, book the follow-up interviews, etc., but drop the mic on the pre-boot questionnaire that tries to suss out your "conscientious objector" leanings and never have to worry about another spam call/email (barring a draft). Or, so I hear. It's been decades, now. 😜🤌🏼
Can't you just block the number? Or do they use a lot of different numbers.
I've heard of kids who have had them follow them home from school or even stop them in the middle of the school hallway.
I never had to deal with them, but they apparently can just walk into school in the middle of the day.
People really don't understand just how dystopian the US is and how much of it we take for granted because we grew up in a place where it's normal for elementary students to pledge their undying loyalty to a flag every morning before class starts.
Yep. It's actually the whole reason we have phy ed.
Basically if you get federal funds, you have to do what the federal says.
I see, I always assumed it was either people giving their info themselves or others did to prank you. I guess it makes sense for a country who loves perpetual war.
did you take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery? One day "off" of classes in exchange for taking the military test. In exchange, you give the military your contact information yourself.
i did not take the test. i got way fewer recruitment letters and calls than my friends.
Nope I did not take it nor was I involved in anything like ROTC either.
Calls started being sent to our landline and my parents cellphones which were listed with the high school. After going to university is when they began coming to my cell phone.
It would be really funny if they did it based on grades
You mean high grade is more recruiters.... right?
Why would people with job prospects join the army?
family tradition is one. You can potentially start as an officer is another. They tried to recruit me to start as a captain given my prior vocational training.
I did not know that. Interesting, I guess my own feelings on it didn't let me consider that
I got a 99 on the asvab (everyone at our school took it) and was getting recruiting calls all the way through my PhD program.
My condolences
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