Look at this one, folks...

[Pathfinder]

All he wants to do is "blow sh!t up, kick doors in and shoot bad guys" along those lines.  He's a smart kid, just doesn't know anything other than what interests him.  As far as contracts go, I was the 4th generation in my family to serve, my dad made it 21 years in the Army Reserve and I missed out on my desired MOS (Combat Diver-you couldn't enlist for it when I went in you had to transfer in service).  So that was why he wanted me there when he went and talked to the recruiter back in May '11.  I'll give him my counsel as much as I can and I know he'll get some advice from my family up there in Montana as well (that would be my mom trying to convince him to do something safe-LOL!).

Sounds like the 03xx MOS to me!!! 

But even there, you have specialties - Mark 19 Grenade Launcher, SAW carrier, etc. And then there are the demolition guys. You get the point, he needs to do his homework and make sure he gets what he wants.

[Magoo541]

Sounds like the 03xx MOS to me!!! 

But even there, you have specialties - Mark 19 Grenade Launcher, SAW carrier, etc. And then there are the demolition guys. You get the point, he needs to do his homework and make sure he gets what he wants.

Thanks for the heads-up.  Mark 19 sounds like fun!  Whomp....BOOM!  Repeat as necessary.

[santahog]

Get some MOS that has transferable skills beyond leadership.. They're still hiring.. Take your time.. GET IT IN WRITING!!!
If he gets good grades and you think he has the right stuff, set him up at MEPS with an option for some sort of "Green to Gold/OCS/WOCS" program. (The officers get bigger water heaters in base housing)... GET IT IN WRITING!!!!!

[tombogan03884]

What Santa posted can not be stressed enough. Get it in writing and make absolutely certain that what is written means exactly what you think it means.
Read every word of all those papers and if you don't understand something ASK, get it clarified.

[Timothy]

What Santa posted can not be stressed enough. Get it in writing and make absolutely certain that what is written means exactly what you think it means.
Read every word of all those papers and if you don't understand something ASK, get it clarified.

+1000

Even though they're just doing their jobs, recruiters are just selling the military.  You cannot believe a recruiter salesman under any circumstances!  Their promotions depend on making their quotas.

Get it in writing and let someone you trust read through it as well.  Since I was 17 when I enlisted under a delayed program, that was my father.

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

A recruiter is no different than any other "sales man".
You have no reason to take anything he says at face value.
Tom Bogan, who's "guaranteed EOD MOS wound up being 3 years in Motor T.

[1911 Junkie]

A recruiter is no different than any other "sales man".
You have no reason to take anything he says at face value.
Tom Bogan, who's "guaranteed EOD MOS wound up being 3 years in Motor T.

Something similar happened with my brother. He had his contract to go to airborne and ranger school. He finished airborne school and when he started ranger school his class was informed that there were no ranger slots available and they would be placed in infanrty units. He brought up his contract and was told that he only wanted the school, not to actually be placed in a ranger unit.

[JC5123]

A recruiter is no different than any other "sales man".
You have no reason to take anything he says at face value.
Tom Bogan, who's "guaranteed EOD MOS wound up being 3 years in Motor T.

Hey! I resemble that remark!!!!! 

[Solus]

A recruiter is no different than any other "sales man".
You have no reason to take anything he says at face value.
Tom Bogan, who's "guaranteed EOD MOS wound up being 3 years in Motor T.

Yeah..when I signed up for 3 years in the Army in 1965 I wanted to work with computers..but the recruiter told me I needed a 4 year enlistment to get it for sure (I wasn't comfortable making that 4 year commitment)......BUT, with "YOUR" test scores, there is no doubt they will put you there.... so I signed and off I went to basic at Ft. Knox.

While there a handful of guys were taking around our bunks and one guy mentioned he wanted computers but would only sign on for 3 years, but the recruiter told him that with "HIS" test scores it was a sure think....I was about to say   "Me too" when another guy in the group said the same thing first...I felt the  hook in my mouth from all that distance.

The difference between recruiters and other salesmen is they wear a uniform and can kick butt.

[Big Frank]

When I joined the army I was supposed to get a $3,000 cash bonus for signing up for 4 years. The recruiter just wrote the word "cash" on the enlistment papers. It turns out that didn't mean anything official, so no bonus, and I was stuck with a 4 year enlistment. At least I got my guaranteed MOS of small arms repair.