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What Recruiters Don't Tell You When Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense he was blunt: "The reason to have a military is to be prepared to fight & win wars. The military is not a social-welfare agency. It's not a jobs program." The unemployment rate for young veterans is twice as high as their peers who stayed home. (Source: U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Biennial Employment Situation of Veterans Survey, August 2005 survey, report released May 26, 2006.) So while some young people are in the military, their peers spend those years in college, going to trade school or getting work experience. So they are more likely to be employed.
Do you like being bossed around? How about constantly having someone telling you what to do and how to do it? If your answer is "No" you may have a hard time adapting to military life. They tell you how to stand, walk, dress, eat, fold your clothes, make your bed, take your shower. Recruiters talk about a 2 year hitch, but the enlistment contract is for 8 years. Once your active duty is done, you are still in the Reserves, and they can call you back up any time. This is what has happened to thousands of the soldiers who are now in Iraq. They thought their time was up, but they keep getting sent back. Recruiters may say that if you join the National Guard, or sign up for certain jobs, you won’t be in combat. Not so! Army.mil (for example), the official web site of the U.S. Army says "Today, every Soldier, regardless of specialty, becomes a warrior first." Today's casualty lists are riddled with cooks, mechanics, mail clerks - all theoretically noncombat jobs. Think you’ll come home ok? 1 out of every 5 veterans leaving the military since 2002 has a service-related disability. (Source: U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Biennial Employment Situation of Veterans Survey, May 26, 2006.) Army studies have shown that up to 30 percent of troops deployed to Iraq suffer from depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Source: Washington Post, "Repeat Iraq Tours Raise Risk of PTSD, Army Finds" By Ann Scott Tyson, Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A19). Want to see what else my research has pulled up? Order your copy of my guide to the Navy Life Ebook now! |
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Certain ethnic minorities reported experiencing racially offensive behavior. Many said they believed they were given poor assignments or evaluations based on race. (Source: Washington Associated Press, Reported by Defense Secretary William Cohen, 1999)
