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Be carful, do too good a job and do more than three years. Three times I had orders back to the fleet that would have made me E8 and 9 and three times the command cancelled the oders and extended me a year while telling me how bad I was as a recruiter. But then I did refuse to play their game. The navy belonged to me and still does, my son is in navy ROTC at the Citadel. I never lied or faked paper work and what realy set them off was my refusal to process some individuals into "my" navy. I would have stayed for 30 years but begrudged them the three days past 20 when I retired.

Oh gosh, I hope not. His 1SG counseled him on converting this past week and he said no way. I really think in the current situation in the world, that wouldn't happen, at least I'm praying it won't. He's going to the 82nd Airborne Div. after this tour. He'll be eligible for E8 next year, but he knows he needs to get back to the line to make himself look better for promotion since he's been out of it for 3 years. Plus, recruiting command has already had to let recruiters go back to the regular army, they were told to downsize the recruiting force. It is just that his BN was letting the dead weight go. He begged to get out of here early, but like I said earlier, he's been pretty successful and they let the recruiters who weren't so hot go back. The Army is also starting to field civilian recruiters. They have a couple of them in his BN already.

Hubby also refuses to play their games. But, it has been very very frustrating for him. I've never seen him so down and out sometimes. So it has been a trying tour for us. I've had to learn some serious patience...LOL! He's never lied or faked paperwork either, but others have. Others (full time recruiters) have also done some downright illegal stuff, and they get promoted within recruiting command. Hubby is pretty good at knowing which recruits will be good for the Army and which ones he wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. I think a big source of hubby's frustration is the simple fact that he won't play their games and so, he's gotten a label for being a rebel or different from them. He's seen as the difficult one. Well, hubby's got 7 years till retirement. I think once he gets back with the troops, his outlook will brighten. He was due to ETS in January and he was seriously considering getting out after this tour, but he didn't. He reenlisted on indefinite status, so he'll be in till his 20 at least. I told him it was crazy to let this job get to him that bad and make him want to get out the Army that he loves. I kept telling him that there's a light at the end of the tunnel!!