Recruiters and NCOs, pay attention: This is why soldiers are joining the Army today

[rangerrebew]

Recruiters and NCOs, pay attention: This is why soldiers are joining the Army today
By: Meghann Myers   2 days ago
 

While most new soldiers are satisfied with their overall experience in the Army so far, many of them would have appreciated if their recruiters had been more honest.

That is one finding from “Life as a Private,” a Rand Corp. study published May 13 that surveyed several dozen soldiers about their reasons for joining the Army and their experiences thus far.

“Many recruiters perform admirably, but others may paint an unrealistic picture of day-to-day soldier life, thereby creating unusually high expectations,” according to the study’s introduction.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/05/24/recruiters-and-ncos-pay-attention-this-is-why-soldiers-are-joining-the-army-today/

[endicom]

...if their recruiters had been more honest.

Two of those words have never gone together.

[Sanguine]

I think it's been this way since the beginning of time.  And, even if recruiters are scrupulously honest, people hear what they want to hear.