Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing
From: "Keith P. Mears" <kthulu@COMTECK.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Sat
1 Sep 2001 17:50:34 -0500
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Exactly.
 
For instance, I actually had it WRITTEN IN MY CONTRACT to receive stateside station of choice.  My choice?  Fort Benning, GA, because it was the closest to home (home being Jacksonville, FL).  So where did I end up?  Fort Carson, CO.  "Hey assholes, this doesn't look like Georgia to ME!"
 
Their answer?  "Well, you needed to have your actual CHOICE written in to your contract."  Thanks friendly recruiter!
----- Original Message -----
From: Debbi R
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing

don't forget,
 
"and don't listen to the recruiter!  EVER!"
-----Original Message-----
From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Keith P. Mears
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 2:58 PM
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing

That depends on your definition of "hooked up majorly".  In all actuality, high ASVAB scores don't really do much more than give you more options as far as HOW Uncle Sam will screw you in the military.  That sounds really cynical, so let me clarify.  The higher you score on the ASVAB battery, the more of the "212 ways you can be an 'Army of One'" become available to you.  My own scores allowed me to have the pick of ANY job in the Army (or any of the branches), but my color-blindness limited me to NON-combat and NON-combat support jobs, which in the end led to some of my disillusionment.
 
And in my experience, military service is neither helped nor hindered by race, sex, nationality, etc.  I found the Army to be the most non-discriminatory employer I've had, where positions and promotions truly were filled based on merit alone.  There are of course exceptions, but generally I found this to be true.