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Brother trying to join the Military. Need advice.
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<blockquote data-quote="GT500EA" data-source="post: 14995319" data-attributes="member: 70973"><p>I am an Army Active Duty Soldier that is stationed here at Fort Bliss in El Paso....been in for 13 years going on 14, and I was unfortunately an Army Recruiter for 3 years. I can honestly tell you that recruiters, especially AF and Marines have a plentiful amount of people that are trying to enlist, so much that they back pocket people for the following months to insure that they can make their quota every month....and yes, all recruiters, no matter what branch, have quotas. Have you ever noticed that AF recruiting stations are closed a lot and Army stations are always open....that's because the AF recruiters already have their quota at the first of the month, compared to where the Army recruiters are out there trying to fill their quotas for the month. I guess the main point I'm trying to get to is that, the AF recruiters are not going to go to any extra lengths to put someone in when they have a long line of fully capable and eligible recruits nipping at their heels to get in. What I think is going on is one of the following, 1. The recruiter has him in his back pocket for a later month. ; 2. Your brother is slow about doing the things the recruiter needs him to do to process him. ; or 3. Your brother may meet body fat standards, but he does not meet "table weight", therefore he is not on the priority list, the AF "NOW" want people that meet the desired requirements, which is passing table weight...not failing table weight and then passing body fat standards. I honestly believe that number 3 is what's going on...they want first time go's, not BOLO's that passed on the retry. I had this same problem with my fiance's brother when I was trying to get him to join the AF, he was overweight; they told him to lose X amount of pounds; he did just that and plus some; AF recruiters BS'd him for about 2 months; I could not ever get ahold of this recruiter; and then he joined the Army behind my back...I was kind of aggravated because I wanted him to get in the AF, but he made his own decision, so I'm happy for him. He enlisted last month, and ships next month. If you want any help or advice, message me and I can send you my number.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT500EA, post: 14995319, member: 70973"] I am an Army Active Duty Soldier that is stationed here at Fort Bliss in El Paso....been in for 13 years going on 14, and I was unfortunately an Army Recruiter for 3 years. I can honestly tell you that recruiters, especially AF and Marines have a plentiful amount of people that are trying to enlist, so much that they back pocket people for the following months to insure that they can make their quota every month....and yes, all recruiters, no matter what branch, have quotas. Have you ever noticed that AF recruiting stations are closed a lot and Army stations are always open....that's because the AF recruiters already have their quota at the first of the month, compared to where the Army recruiters are out there trying to fill their quotas for the month. I guess the main point I'm trying to get to is that, the AF recruiters are not going to go to any extra lengths to put someone in when they have a long line of fully capable and eligible recruits nipping at their heels to get in. What I think is going on is one of the following, 1. The recruiter has him in his back pocket for a later month. ; 2. Your brother is slow about doing the things the recruiter needs him to do to process him. ; or 3. Your brother may meet body fat standards, but he does not meet "table weight", therefore he is not on the priority list, the AF "NOW" want people that meet the desired requirements, which is passing table weight...not failing table weight and then passing body fat standards. I honestly believe that number 3 is what's going on...they want first time go's, not BOLO's that passed on the retry. I had this same problem with my fiance's brother when I was trying to get him to join the AF, he was overweight; they told him to lose X amount of pounds; he did just that and plus some; AF recruiters BS'd him for about 2 months; I could not ever get ahold of this recruiter; and then he joined the Army behind my back...I was kind of aggravated because I wanted him to get in the AF, but he made his own decision, so I'm happy for him. He enlisted last month, and ships next month. If you want any help or advice, message me and I can send you my number. [/QUOTE]
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