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They're not turning very many people away at all...

I have a coupla stories I could tell about family friends who shouldn't be in.

There are lots of reasons for this but one of the prime reasons is the burden on recruiters to meet quotas. The armed services require a definite number of accessions (new recruits) each year and each recruiting office has a number they must bring in based on the demographics of their area. You wouldn't believe some of the gimmicks in use to bring people in.

Yep, I've seen it all and heard it all in regards to recruiting. Hubby is on recruiting duty. Only 68 days left!!!!! Yay!!! Lots and lots of crazy stuff goes on. I will also say though just from what I hear from my husband is that they put so much BS on the recruiters that it is very time consuming just to put one person in. Also, it depends on others...he had a guy's packet sitting up at their Battalion for the past 2 mos because the ops sgts didn't want to work on the waiver. Plus, the MEPS tends to throw a lot of roadblocks up too. This job has been very stressful for him. He's been pretty successful, but it has been a trying (almost) 3 years and we're both ready to get outta here!