[Coleus]

Poor baby was on the phone for "like" a half hour, I never heard of a teenager on the phone for that long, such torture. What's wrong with a free lunch?

[Norse]

Rediculous...why can't they just tell them they aren't interested. The recruiter won't bother with those who aren't prospects.

[mystery-ak]

When the recruiters would call asking to talk to my son in the 90's, I would tell them to call back when Clinton was out of office.....no way was I going to let that rapist be my son's CinC..it was bad enough he was my hubby's.....I can't tell you all the chuckles I would hear...LOL

btw....my son is now serving and awaiting deployment to you know where.

[dts32041]

School takes federal money they get the lists and you listen.

School doesn't take federal money they do get the list.

Hum wonder if there is a correlation.

[PatrioticAmerican]

How about just hanging up?

[smokeyjon]

I have only two problems with this:

1. The opt-out forms should be explained during freshman orientation and provided immediately.

2. The kids, not the parents, should be responsible for signing the opt-out.

[petuniasevan]

Open Your Eyes -- Organized Youth Educators collected completed "opt-out" forms and tallied results.

"A lot of people are unaware of it. When you tell them, they're really surprised," OYE-OYE member Sarah Chu, a freshman

ROFL! Sarah the OYE-OYE!

The aye-aye shown here lives on the island of Madagascar off the coast of Africa. It is a very specialized insect-eater. The aye-aye shares the primate characteristics of large eyes and good climbing abilities. The aye-aye, and most other prosimians, differ from monkeys and apes in having a moist area of skin on the nose. The Aye-aye is the only member of the family Daubentoniidae, and is considered to be the most bizarre of all primates. It is also the largest nocturnal primate in the world.

Good description!

[sonofron]

my roommate from college tried to join the navy, but they would not let him citing some strange heart condition. Funny thing is that he went to another doctor(civilian) that couldn't find anything wrong with him. He then gave up and went for the army and had no problem passing a physical. makes me wonder. the kid's smart and physically fit, but i can not figure out why the navy would not give him a waiver. He even wrote his congressman because he wanted to go so badly.

[Theophilus]

Used to work for USAREC and all I can say is God bless the recruiters, what a horrible job, working to persuade little deities to sacrifice a half hour (much less 3 years and possibly their life) for their country!

[Norwell]

Resume the Draft.

[cookcounty]

My son signed up after high school, 2 years ago---"best thing I ever did," he says. He was briefly in Afghanistan, now he's in Monterey for Middle East language study---he loves it, but a little upset that he probably won't be pulled out of school to go with his brothers (and sisters) to Iraq......could end up there later. though.

[Tiemieshooz]

I'm an 18-year-old student. The funny thing was with me was that I WANTED to join the military, specifically the Air Force, but I got zero calls from them. I think I got 2 phoncalls altogether from two different recruiters. The Army recruiter called me once, but I told him I wanted to fly jets snd so he let me alone. The Marine Corps recruiter called me and asked me if I wanted to see what the Corps had to offer. I had plans for my future but me, being the open minded fellow that I am, decided to give it a shot. I'm now shipping off to the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in about 3 months.

Recruiters are under IMMENSE pressure from their chain-in-command and thats why they can be pesky. However, so many high schoolers are very narrow minded and down right unpatriotic these days. There is very much disrespect toward the military, at least from my neck of the woods. All kids are worried about is their drinking parties on the week end and when the next time they are going to get laid. They have no idea what it took from our military to have the country they are enjoying at the moment. I am in no way proud to be part of my generation. And when the kids ARE interested in joining the military, so many times the parents are vehemently opposed to the idea. I don't understand it sometimes. God bless to all of the veterans and current serving soldiers. In one way or another, your service will be remembered.

[Centurion2000]

"I said I wasn't interested," the Livingston High School senior said. He added: "We were on the phone for like half an hour. I just tried to get him off the phone. I told him I'd call him back."

How hard is it to tell people NO ?? Telemarketers last about 5 seconds in my house. ("Please put me on your DO NOT CALL LIST"... click)

[Spruce]

I have a most excellent daughter.
Her 16th birthday was 9/11/2001. She speaks Japanese, excels in calculus, biology and chemistry. She is all-state in flute and fife. And she can already shoot better than her old man, almost.

Her goal in life is to cure cancer.

She is Air Force when she graduates in 3 months.

[ccmay]

Poor baby was on the phone for "like" a half hour

Look, a fact of modern life is that you have to forget some of what you learned was proper etiquette, like not hanging up on people. If I treated telemarketers the way I treat my mom when she calls, I'd never get off the phone. If this poor little high school nancy-boy can't take the initiative to slam down the phone, what kind of soldier will he make anyway?

-ccm

[Colt .45]

As a former Navy recruiter, I was assigned recruiting in Westminster, Colorado in 1991-1993. The area I covered also included the Peoples Republic of Boulder. Needless to say, I got a lot of rejections by using the phone and learned that most kids would rather leech off their parents to attend a year of college, than to do something meaningful for themselves like serving their country. These losers are the same ones you see out wearing the cammy pants in the local mall. I used to talk with them and catch all kinds of flak just for being in uniform ... nothing new for me, I caught that kind of crap in high school ROTC during the Vietnam War, and when I first signed up in 1974. To make a long story short, most of these upper middle class kids don't give two sh*ts about anything as long as Mommy and Daddy will pay their way. Its the less well off teens that usually come to the military for a job, but have more of a sense of what honor and duty stand for.

The only thing the more financially well to do care about is their money, their material goods (Nintendo game-boys, cars, latest fashions, etc.), their status, and the freedom to be able to go to work ... if they have enough responsibility to hold down a job. It is off of the blood, sweat and tears of those who serve ( and have served ) that these parasites are free to be able to do and have the things they enjoy. They are truly indicative of what is wrong with this nation's society, no responsibility, no sense of duty or honor ... just selfish interests.

I am proud that I gave 20 years to the defense of this great nation, I am only ashamed that it was turds like this who benefited from it.

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. - Robert E. Lee

[dts32041]

Take federal Money, you live with the federal abuses.

No federal money no calling.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

LOL last duty as a NavWife was recruiting and LOL!