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To: coug who wrote (90949)	12/9/2004 11:28:16 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 108807

if a young recruit can not trust what the military recruiters tell him/her That is hardly anything new, Coug. I was in the service fifty years ago. Military recruiters then, like now, are competing with other branches of the service to obtain good recruits. There was, and I'm sure still is, a kind of quota goal they have to meet. Quite naturally there is some salesmanship involved, where the promises of what it will be like, and the opportunities that are open, are exaggerated to an extent. Anyone wanting to join up would have to be very naive to trust every promise they hear from the recruiters. This is really no different than the attitude you would have buying a car. You can choose to look at this as some malevolent plan to deceive, but that would only make you look naive. Caveat emptor is sound advice and applies to just about everything in our society.

To: coug who wrote (90949)	12/9/2004 11:28:37 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 108807

if a young recruit can not trust what the military recruiters tell him/her That is hardly anything new, Coug. I was in the service fifty years ago. Military recruiters then, like now, are competing with other branches of the service to obtain good recruits. There was, and I'm sure still is, a kind of quota goal they have to meet. Quite naturally there is some salesmanship involved, where the promises of what it will be like, and the opportunities that are open, are exaggerated to an extent. Anyone wanting to join up would have to be very naive to trust every promise they hear from the recruiters. This is really no different than the attitude you would have buying a car. You can choose to look at this as some malevolent plan to deceive, but that would only make you look naive. Caveat emptor is sound advice and applies to just about everything in our society.

To: coug who wrote (90949)	12/9/2004 11:28:53 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

if a young recruit can not trust what the military recruiters tell him/her That is hardly anything new, Coug. I was in the service fifty years ago. Military recruiters then, like now, are competing with other branches of the service to obtain good recruits. There was, and I'm sure still is, a kind of quota goal they have to meet. Quite naturally there is some salesmanship involved, where the promises of what it will be like, and the opportunities that are open, are exaggerated to an extent. Anyone wanting to join up would have to be very naive to trust every promise they hear from the recruiters. This is really no different than the attitude you would have buying a car. You can choose to look at this as some malevolent plan to deceive, but that would only make you look naive. Caveat emptor is sound advice and applies to just about everything in our society.

To: coug who wrote (90949)	12/9/2004 11:29:08 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 108807

if a young recruit can not trust what the military recruiters tell him/her That is hardly anything new, Coug. I was in the service fifty years ago. Military recruiters then, like now, are competing with other branches of the service to obtain good recruits. There was, and I'm sure still is, a kind of quota goal they have to meet. Quite naturally there is some salesmanship involved, where the promises of what it will be like, and the opportunities that are open, are exaggerated to an extent. Anyone wanting to join up would have to be very naive to trust every promise they hear from the recruiters. This is really no different than the attitude you would have buying a car. You can choose to look at this as some malevolent plan to deceive, but that would only make you look naive. Caveat emptor is sound advice and applies to just about everything in our society.