Need to complain

[Riphen]

Originally Posted by ClamSmasher22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What's the worst that happens, they get turned down at the MEPS?

At best, the soldier makes something of them selves. Usually they just waist a lot of people's time as you eventually go through the pain in the ass process to push them out with an other than honorable discharge. At worst, shit bags get people killed.

[rioisk]

I lost faith in the US military when a couple of my friends came back from iraq with stories of how their fellow soldiers raped iraqi women and even their own fellow female soldiers. If they reported the atrocities, their fellow soldiers made sure they "didn't return" from the field one day.

Needless to say they're in heavy therapy + drugs now.

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by fogbound [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just a thought, before I joined the service I was prolly not considered a model citizen

No one is, not one, not even recruiters. Everyone is screwed up, that's a fact, and anyone that thinks they are not, probably needs a padded cell.

I never enlisted, screw that. I almost did, then I heard Bush Sr. (pre-GW1) on the radio talking about his plans for putting women in the military, and reshaping the social structure of the military etc.. It's all too damn political for me, bunch of idealistic pansies in charge. Military is about crush, kill and destroy, not social experimentation. See? pointless, I'd never make General; wars are for winning. And you can tell that to Rolling Stone lol

[fogbound]

Well I'm old school Military, who knows what it's like these days, back then it was buck up or buck up...no choice, I can't imagine that with all the bleeding hearts today, that it's a different story all together.

[Simplistik]

A recruiter with Morales? (11b btw retired)

[Simplistik]

Might I add, I went through basic with three Soldiers that were convicted felons, one of witch was an armed robbery charge.

[regatta]

My recruiter before I joined the marines asked me when the last time I smoked marijuana was. I told him it was 2 weeks ago (when really it was like 2 days ago) and he took me to our local smoke shop and bought me stuff to drink so I could pass the test. So I passed and served. Not everyone who has prior offenses would make a bad soldier even they fought for what they believe in.

[soup]

This guy must be the worst recruiter ever lol

Not only did he turn someone away, but he did so "even though he was never caught for doing the things he did"? lolol

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by soup [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This guy must be the worst recruiter ever lol

Not only did he turn someone away, but he did so "even though he was never caught for doing the things he did"? lolol

Oh I wouldn't doubt he did something that he was never caught for. We have so many laws in the US, most people probably break some law daily and not even know it. I break laws, you break laws, the OP has broken laws, unless he lives in some fallout shelter from birth... and I'm sure that is probably illegal someplace. Personally, I'd rather have the guy watching my back that did something and figured out how not to get caught, eh? At least someone is on the ball lol

[fastboy21]

I don't mean this as any offense to the military for the job they do, but you have to realize that enlisted man is (through out modern history in most countries) a grunt, borderline criminal, uneducated, mailable piece of human existence.

Who do you expect to volunteer to risk their life for less pay than perfectly safe civilian jobs? This isn't a knock for the men and women who answer the call, it's the reality of the nature of our military and its true (unimagined) place in our social strata.

The military is a place in our society where the those on the very bottom have a chance to raise themselves up a few notches out of the gutter...or not.