Recruiters
DARRELL HARPER: He had talked to a recruiter in high school, back in high school, and throughout his junior year, and beginning of his senior year. He was doing fairly well in grades, so I kind of was pushing him away from that. And more and more, he talked about it, and more and more everyone else talked about it. I had to release some of the reins that I had on him.
SHERRIE GIBSON: I had no reason to doubt him, and he was up front. He made me feel comfortable. He did not shy away from the tough questions. Yeah, I was very pleased with the recruiter and the information he gave me.
KEITH FRESHOUR: Take somebody with him and ask the right questions, and let them be involved and a part of that process.
KATHY JEROME: I had asked him all kinds of things, about TDYs, about deployment, about how long basic was, because I didn’t know how they did it with the National Guard. Was it the same as regular Boot Camp as the other services and stuff? And he answered everything. And then he was telling me about tech school, and I wanted to know what Eric was actually signing in for. What kind of area of expertise he wanted. He explained everything to me.
RONALD BROWN: I did talk to the recruiter with my son, as well as with my daughter. But when my son enlisted, I wanted to make sure that he wasn’t in a job painting boats. I wanted to make sure that his skill sets were being utilized. So, when he told me he qualified for what he wanted to do and be an air traffic controller, I said, great.
KEITH FRESHOUR: It’s all about having somebody that’s been there, done that, and has some wisdom. And not being negative on the recruiters, but they’ve got a job to do, and that’s to recruit. And again, we love the Military, but I want you to go in, my biggest thing would be I want your son or daughter to go in with their eyes wide open.
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