Making tomorrows Military today: Marine recruiter kidnaps applicant

Marine recruiter kidnaps applicant

Oh My Gawd! This has to be the worst story that I have ever read.

I am going to show all of my readers how you can see that the kid wanted to join.

First, the Marines had this kids phone number, name and birthday. How you ask? He was a LEAD! This kid wanted something. He went to the website, sent in a card to get a keychain, etc. The recruiters were admittedly happy, they had a damn LEAD! Woohoo! It is a kick ass day when we get a lead in.

Second, after the Mom said that her son did not want to talk, somehow the kid ended up at a marine recruiting event. These Pull-up contests always drum up interest. It gets at kids soul.... Competition. People who are marines are marines for a reason. They do not even like being in the same class as the military. They want it to be the other 3 branches... And then the marines above all of them. It is just normal to them. And they want kids with that same tenacity. This one did. And he had the fortitude to stand up against mom. The kid found the Marines. Do any of you believe that the Mom would have given any contact information to the Marines? She already said that she refused to answer the Marines calls.

The thought of the mom giving this account makes me laugh and throw up in my mouth a little. She said...

At about 3:30 in the morning, Alex was awakened in the motel and fed a little something. Twelve hours later, without further sleep or food, he had taken a battery of tests and signed a lot of papers he hadn't gotten a chance to read. "Just formalities," he was told. "Sign here. And here. Nothing to worry about."

This stinks. If you are STUPID enough to sign something without reading it, you deserve what it is that you signed. I am betting that the kid was ready to go, wanted to join, was ready to join, and then...

Then, with her grown daughter in tow, she high-tailed it south, frantically phoning Axel whose cell phone had been confiscated "so he wouldn't be distracted during tests."

Axel's grandfather was in the hospital dying, she told the people at the desk. He needed to come home right away. She would have said just about anything.

But, even after being told her son would be brought right out, her daughter spied him being taken down a separate hall and into another room. So she dashed down the hall and grabbed him by the arm.

Yep. No phones allowed at the MEPS site. Mom lied to the Government. I bet that the desk watch called the Marine office, they talked to the kid and he said... get me sworn in before I talk to them. It just so happened that the sister had a keen eye. So. Now. Not only has the kid's life been screwed up, but the recruiter WASTED OVER A YEAR with this little asshole just to not have him stand up to his mom at the time that he needed to.

A little clue to anyone who wants to be a recruiter: this crap happens everyday in recruiting. It does not help that this made the news, but with a little training and reading past the hippie talk (Mom grew Organic Lettuce for Seattle Restaurants) you can see that this is just an extreme case of No Authority to Buy.