I spent quite a few years in the Navy traveling the world and living overseas. I primarily lived in Japan and Italy and for the most part, I really miss traveling! I haven't been able to travel in the last few years since I ended my time in the Navy by finishing up my last tour recruiting. What a way to end a career, let me tell you! For the most part I am going to be honest and just go ahead and put it all out there. Recruiting pretty much sucked!
That's not to say there were no upsides, or that I didn't learn a lot, because there were some, and I did. The entire time I recruited however, there were many problems and issues that my fellow recruiters and I wanted to discuss, change, blow the whistle on and so on, but we could not still being on active duty.
Well, I am no longer on active duty, and therefore, I can say pretty much anything I want. That's exactly what I will be doing. I want to be a voice for the recruiters out there that many times quite frankly are going through hell.
I also wanted to provide other information for DEPPERS and parents of DEPPERS, and sailors, and just talk about these kind of issues in general.
The main reason I want to be a voice for those recruiters out there, is because something about it all just isn't right. In all the years I was in the Navy, I never saw sailors more used, abused, unhappy, stressed out, and totally without morale, than when I was recruiting. By the same token, I never saw more awards handed out either. Awards that guys get for combat in Iraq are handed out like candy in recruiting for being a top performer.
Anyway, the reasons are many, and we will get into them here to be sure. Keep in mind, I am not in the Navy any longer, and have no ties or obligations to the Navy what so ever, so what I will say on my blog is most likely the real deal truth. Not that I may not make an error here or there, or goof up on a policy or something, but what I wont do is put out anything I don't believe to be true.
There is an old saying that if you are pissing all sides off equally, then you are probably just about dead on, and doing what's right. Well, that is what I fully intend to do here. If you don't like it, don't read it! Better yet, go create your own blog and use your own first amendment rights to your benefit! Just be sure to linkback to me! :)
Some of the things I will discuss are listed below:
- The Draft(Should we bring it back)
- The Delayed Entry Program (Many issues concerning this including if a DEP recruit can get out of going to Boot Camp once they have sworn in)
- Recruiting Ethics (Do recruiters really lie, and if so, about what?)
- Treatment of the canvasser recruiter!(Just one more...)
- Waste and abuse of Tax dollars
- Is recruiting career enhancing? (They say it is so it must be, right?)
- How recruiting really works
- Why are young people so dumb? (Is there any hope for America at all?)
While these are but just a few of the issues I will cover, there will be many more as well. As I stated, I am a full civilian and can call it like I see it! Something I'm afraid I can't say for many of my pals still in the recruiting world. a.k.a....HELL.
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