28 July 2010, 1:18 pm
Okay, for 2 years now, since 08 my fiancee has been trying to join the army. We've went through 5 different recruiters in 4 different states. (We move a lot, I'm an army brat and can't stay in one place for too long a time) In NC, the recruiter was awesome, but he didn't score high enough on the ASVAB. We ended up moving before his time was up to take it again. In KS, the recruiter sucked and wasn't very helpful but he did tell my fiancee that he needed a HS diploma/GED. So that was a bump in the road and he went online and got a HS Diploma. The recruiter accepted it and we didn't move very much further because that recruiter didn't care. We then moved to MI and that was the BEST recruiter we've ever met, so cool, calm, and laid back. Very helpful. He accepted the diploma, worked with him very closely and let him take the ASVAB, but again, he missed the mark by 1 point. The recruiter there told him that he'll eventually get in and not to be discouraged. My fiancee told him that he wants in so bad to take care of us, his family, that he can taste it. He just wants to get in and if being a bullet catcher, a grunt is what it takes he wants it! But the test is what's hurting him. So we ended up moving and came to MO. He went to this little punk recruiter in Rolla who thought he was the Army General himself and didn't really care about my fiancee. He even told him to show up and the wrong place, wrong time for the ASVAB testing and then we couldn't even get a hold of him..he was at home sleeping...what a jerk. Well, he eventually took the ASVAB last Nov and again missed the mark by 1 point. So here we are, his time is up to take it again and now we live in Springfield, MO. He's talking with yet again another recruiter. He took the pretest first and scored low so the recruiter recommended a private tutor. We paid to have a 3 hour session with her (who apparently has a 100% rate) and he just went on Monday and took the pretest again and scored high enough to take this stupid ASVAB. Everything seems to be going ok, but now the recruiter is saying that he doesn't know if he's going to be able to accept his HS Diploma because it was an online school and it runs close to "home-schooling" and now he might need 15 College credits to get in.....I mean...SERIOUSLY! Come one! Soooo close! And all just to be INFANTRY! That's it... Is there anything we can do to get around it? Well, we looked it up and it said that they want you to have 15 CC or you can't get the bonuses. We really don't care about the bonuses. And we've already waited 2 1/2 years...he's been trying to get in for 2 1/2 years!!! And we're so close to him getting it this time...to tell us we'd have to wait for him to go to school to join? If he goes to school he could do something else and wouldn't need the military! That doesn't make any sense. It's really going to piss me off if the recruiter tells him that he definitely has to have 15 cc's tomorrow. I'm not saying 15 CC's is enough to "do something else" What I'm saying is that if I'm paying the loan for him to go to school he might as well go all the way and go for Computer Tech like he wants if he has to go to school. I don't want to have to wait another 3-4 months when we're so close right now. Had he scored this close one of the previous times with one of the other recruiters, he'd be in by now...that's my problem. Yeah, infantry are bullet catchers. You're a military wife. I'm a military brat...I've probably got more experience as a Military DEP than you, and yes, ask any infantryman...and they'll probably tell you that their MOS is a grunt. I've known my fair share of soldiers in the 23 years I've been linked to the military. So please don't talk to me about "offending" anyone. Most soldiers wear that title with pride because it takes a ton of courage to do what they do because it's such a dangerous MOS. And I also know that most soldiers with families get out of that MOS because they don't want to be deployed to a red zone. Too risky. I know they go through specialized training, I know all the BS..but still it's a Combat position. But simple facts still remain, you don't need to score as high a score to be a infantryman than a computer tech for the military. And that's the reason I say, we're not going for the greatest score..just passing. And if infantry is the only option, he's taking it Okay, he's not academically inclined. His mom took him out of school when he was in 7th grade and never put him back in. Not his fault. He never even got to high school like most of us. He is very smart, as the tutor even said, but since he was never properly taught, he just needs a little more push. Now, as for the military, I'm pushing him to join because it's something he can do if he can get in. He can't do much else in the job market. No one will give him the time of day. I'm in the health field so I can support my family, but I want him to be able to do something and getting into the military is something that I'm used to and it would give him the opportunity to work with his hands. It's just annoying that I'm gonna have to pay for him to go to college for a semester just to join the army. That's more time and money and I'm not a patient person. Yeah and they are BULLET CATCHERS/GRUNTS/INFANTRYMAN. Apparently in the 30-something years you've hung around the military, you didn't hang around the barracks with all little single G.I. Joes. MOST soldiers call their MOS a "bullet catcher MOS" and everyone knows it. And to the family members of soldiers KIA because they were infantry need to stop the complaining. They KNEW the consequences of they're family members MOS before they were even deployed. They knew the risks when they married them/ their son/daughter joined/ ect.. Don't try to tell me about the family members. You must be one of those military wives that try to wear their husbands rank and goes to those stupid wives meetings they hold in the companies...it wouldn't surprise me a bit.... Read More »
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