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Veteran's Voices: Military Recruitment

While there are many military recruiters who are honest, it is also clear that military recruiters are sales people who operate under tremendous pressure.  Inevitably, many recruiters do withhold the hard truths about military life and combat. Three Iraq War veterans talk about their own experience with enlistment and offer some advice on how to approach military recruiters. For more background, see the resources listed below:

 

Margaret Stevens

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Rafay Siddiqui

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Wendy Barronco

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Resources

Top 10 Lies (Some) Recruiters Tell, Rod Powers, (About.com: U.S. Military)

Why Are Army Recruiters Killing Themselves? Time Magazine, April 2, 2009

Balancing the Military Pitch in Schools, Peter Schworm, Boston Globe, July 10, 2007