Posted on 09/29/2004 7:41:48 AM PDT by Old Sarge
Dear FRiends:
Many of you who inhabit this virtual home of ours, know me by reputation, and a few personally. I am so proud to be counted among your ranks, and numbered among your company. We laugh, we cheer, we argue, we fight, we weep, we support, and we live, all in this place we call home. And all who do know me, know that my greatest wish is to serve this nation of ours in uniform.
That opportunity has arisen once again, as I return to Active Duty once more. This time, though, the mission is something unique to my experience, something I have never done in twenty-plus years of Active, Reserve and National Guard service. For as of next month, I shall become… a Recruiter.
Yes, you heard it. I shall shortly become one of those intrepid souls who venture out into the countryside, into the schools, the marketplaces, the state and county fairs, and anywhere else that citizens gather, to bring to them the virtues and distinctiveness of military life.
Now, I am going to confess something, here. I know that I shall be bringing to the job a very unique set of skills and experiences. I know that usually the older recruiters have an advantage over younger troops in the job, because they’ve seen and done so much more. That would be true, if this were a parallel universe.
This is a nation at war. A war that is not only on the battlefields, but also in the minds and hearts of its’ own citizens. Young folks today are technologically savvy, have better access to more data, and their innate distrust of adults has been hardened by focus-group-tested ads. In short, I shall be playing to a very hostile audience, which has been fed the bitter food of a poisoned ideology.
And this is where you, each of you, come in. As I begin this mission, I am recognizing that I must be better informed than anyone else, more than ever before, about more issues than I gave myself time to consider. And there is no better place to find these things, as I tell my soldiers who ask me, than Free Republic.
I need links, Web pages, facts and evidence, for the questions and sound bites that will be cast upon me. Young people have issues that matter to them: jobs, education, the “draft”, to name a few. I don’t doubt there are others; I need those, as well.
So, consider this an open appeal to my Pajama Patriot comrades. Help me to prepare for these upcoming debates. Arm me with fact and truth. Equip me with the data, debunked or confirmed, to do one sincere thing: to help me articulate what I might not otherwise say clearly, that their nation, this mightiest and best of nations, is worth their support and their service, and that there is no more honorable and noble title than United States Service Member.
Vigilantly Yours,
OLD SARGE
PING.
Work hard and go with God, my friend.
PING
I salute you Sarge. Good Luck on your new venture!!
Well, lessee
Kerry is a toad for example and Edwards is a ......
No, wait you want something you can use.
Well,then, good luck in your new work in that case.
This is great! Good for you.
Thank you for your service. Advice from one who recently enlisted - be honest, don't intimidate and don't make calls at dinner time.
I second that. Your recruiting efforts are to be admired and will assist the U.S. in the war on terror. Thank you.
I have no doubt you will be a great one. Good Luck!
God bless you Old Sarge, we are here to serve...ask and you will receive.
Thanks for your service. Again!
Thank you and God Bless you.
God bless you and all the brave men and women in uniform.
Good on ya, my friend, which I am proud to consider you. Best wishes in your new service to our country.
Thanks for your service Sarge and God's blessings on your new endeavor.
no dems
A recruiter !?!? What little credibility you had before will now evaporate ; )
Congradulations. Anyway I can help, just say so. Can you recruit 50 year old USAF Cold War vets?
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