Recruitment propaganda my daughter received

[Horse with no Name]

First of all, I want to say, that I watched Hardball the other night about deceptive recruitment practices.
The main guy over recruiters said that these things were never never told to recruits and indicated that the young man and his mother's claims were "incredulous".
Now, it is in their mail campaign--almost word for word what this family was told.

STEP UP. STAND OUT. STAY IN COLLEGE.

Soldiers in the Army Reserve come from all walks of life. They know that becoming a soldier does not mean giving up their day job, or their college studies. They know that doing both helps them out financially and gives them a head start on their peers.......
>>>snip
If you are looking for opportunities, challenges, and financial rewards while you're in college, look no further.

*Up to $22,000 for college while you serve
*Up to $20,000 to pay back student loadns
*Up to $10,000 enlistment bonus
*Up to $4500 a year tuition assistance while in the Army Reserve
*An extra paycheck every month

:mad:

[Richard Steele]

1. What a load of lies!

QUOTE:
"They know that becoming a soldier does not mean giving up their day job, or their college studies."

Uh, try telling that to all the RESERVISTS currently getting their arms and legs blown off in Iraq, while their homes are being foreclosed on and their families line up at food banks back here in the states.....

At this point, I think EVERYONE knows that the Reserves are your best chance at a direct ticket to Iraq.

[icehenge]

2. Maybe its old literature

LOL :P

Doubt it!

[Horse with no Name]

3. LOL--came in the mail today.

:)

[Toots]

4. Desperation seems apparent.

:shrug:

[Hobarticus]

5. Up to, up to, up to...most deceptive and dishonest term in advertising

They can slather it with whitewash, but nothing will cover up that stink...they're in the body count business, plain and simple.

[0rganism]

6. Notice the keywords "Up to"

That means pretty much anything less than what they say next.

Hell, they as much as tell you in the previous paragraph not to quit the day job. :crazy:

[hiley]

7. they forgot to add

they will give your mother a flag...




"You Must be the Change you Wish to see in the world"
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
http://www.gandhiproject.org/project/project.html




These mid-wives are purported to have said they no longer look forward to births as.... "We don't know what's going to come out."
http://www.web-light.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html

[ComerPerro]

8. That used to be true

But then we got a wannabe-soldier in office who spreads war all over the planet.