Any recruiters here?

[chaser]

chaser I had no idea there was such a thing! My mom said she would investigate and find out what we need to do, thank you so much! Which part of Texas do you live in?

I'll be seeing my mom tomorrow and I'll get some info from her and PM you what I find out.

And I live in Wichita Falls

[allaire]

 No recruiter will tell you to "get bent" or anything that would make you feel that way.

I had an Air Force recruiter basically tell me that when he found out I had a GED.  Until after I took the ASVAB.  Then the love muffin had the nerve to call asking if I was still interested in enlisting in the AF.

[AHTbolt]

Tupac Do Not go army reserve you will hate life. Join the Texas National Guard and you will not be deployed as much if any. Holler at me if you need the info I still have some contacts in the guard.

[FiLtH]

 My brother is a recruiter in the Army now, I'll ask him tomorrow.

[Tupac]

I'll be seeing my mom tomorrow and I'll get some info from her and PM you what I find out.

And I live in Wichita Falls

That would be great!

[texasmom]

Pretty sure that minus HS Diploma, you must also have college (15hr last I checked, that option may have since been removed).  TXNG still allows GED only -I'm pretty sure!

[Tupac]

Pretty sure that minus HS Diploma, you must also have college (15hr last I checked, that option may have since been removed).  TXNG still allows GED only -I'm pretty sure!

I will have completed HS, just not at a public school.

[clerick]

Buy an ASVAB study book and study study study it.  You can do better then a 71.

Not sure you need a book. Went in half hung over, finished in 45 minutes and scored... well   you can do it!

[JunkyII]

Glad to see people still thinking about joining. Your recruiter gets this thing called an NCOER, if he doesn't get the set amount of new recruits...he gets less then a 11. Now the Army is currently downsizing by 40,000 troops but I'm not sure how that will effect reserve components. Reserve units have started to deploy a bit more recently because of the active divisions going 1 year home 1 in the box the last 10 years.... But Afghanistan ain't that bad so don't worry about that . Your 71 doesn't truly matter at this point, the score that actually matters is your GT score, with a 110 GT score you can get most jobs in the Army. Reserve and Nasty Girls are all the same....part time Soldiers even if they work active NG or active reserve. They are currently not giving waivers to get in the Army, recruiters have the shame life when the army downsized. Sorry I'm using my iPod on wifi here in Afghanistan so this paragraph was mainly just hitting points I had read through the thread....oh and any mos is good but if your a real man you will go 11b then get your Ranger on.

[dirtdart]

Couple of points.

Under no circumstances do you want to walk into a recruiting office with a 70ish gt score. You will be cannon fodder for the recruiter. Meaning, you will have three or four options and they will include cook. Study study study. If you have a 110 or higher as stated above you are free to pick better jobs.

Secondly, I would look into the reserve units in your area. You have to be able to get to them and sometimes they are not the kinds of units that may interest you.

Thirdly, get the army to train you in a career you can apply in the civilian world.

Who am I, currently sitting at 20 years in. I started as a private in the airborne infantry. I did that because it is the family business as it were. It is tough to say I would go back and do things differently but I am also in a different place in my life. When I was young there was nothin cooler than a 141 mass tac and a live fire. I have been very fortunate to have gone on to being an officer and to further get into the engineering career field so now I actually have some skills that are applicable to the outside world.

What all this means. I know you are young. But, you have to take a brief glimpse of yourself ten years from now. Do you want to have a degree?  Do you think you might want a family?  Why the reserves vs active vs guard?  What would you enjoy doing as a profession?  I have always joked that I should have signed up to be an X-ray tech.....

A an rate, thanks for considering the military and remember that it is your butt not the recruiters.

[cpxxx]

like they told us on basic training, whatever the recruited told you he lied  .  but like everybody else said, call one, he/she will do anything he can to get you to sign up  .
semp

I'd believe that. I know of some young Irish guys visiting the US on a student visa being approached by recruiters. When they finally got a word in edgeways and explained they didn't have a green card. The reply was 'No problem'. I heard of one guy who went through the whole selection process with that promise only to be told that a J1 visa was no good.

That's a pity, with army in this country not recruiting there are a lot of guys here who join the US military if they could. As it is they go and join the Irish regiments of the British army and the Royal Marines.

[AHTbolt]

Ahhh the hours sitting at green ramp waiting in the rain or the cold, waiting on birds that were late or broken. And haveing to pee while chuted up, Good times!

[Tupac]

The practice test I took only bad 100 questions, so it was impossible for me to get a 110.

[wil3ur]

I got me a 98 on my ASVAB.  My stupid probation officer wouldn't sign me over to the Military though (they funding if I'm not on their books), so I wasn't able to enlist.  Now probation served record expunged, I have no more desire to enlist.

[Selino631]

11b. whatever you do, DO NOT go 19D............ no offense to any scouts on here, the unit that just showed up at my FOB is retarted.. and they are a "HHT" for a scout unit.