Signing My Contract Question?

[slimmy07]

It isn't going to hurt anything for the Lt Col to come along. I'm sure he knows the game just as well as anyone else there.

As for recruits with senior officers as relatives or family friends, it happens frequently and usually the recruit puts more pressure on himself than the Drill Instructors do.

My father had only been a Corporal of Marines, but I felt tremendous self-pressure to perform well in order to make him proud. I was fortunate to get one of the few PFC meritorious promotions (they only promoted a MAX of 10% then, so we had six, plus one contract PFC).

Unless that Lt Col. was on recruiting duty in some capacity I doubt he "knows" the game as well as anyone else. Like I said before, SSgt Petz response is the best by far. I see no problem if the Lt Col. wants to see this applicant swear in, but if he feels there is something to gain by bringing a Lt Col. into the recuiters office, he is highly mistaken.

[Alisium]

If he's family, he probably just wants to see "the moment".

Let him be proud of you and for you.

[Zulu 36]

Unless that Lt Col. was on recruiting duty in some capacity I doubt he "knows" the game as well as anyone else. Like I said before, SSgt Petz response is the best by far. I see no problem if the Lt Col. wants to see this applicant swear in, but if he feels there is something to gain by bringing a Lt Col. into the recuiters office, he is highly mistaken.

I wasn't talking about the "recruiting game," I was talking about the "military game." It is all the same thing, only a few of the small details change.

[MD8724]

He wouldn't be intimidated by the recruiters like the polee would be, so he could make sure his contract is straight. I'm not saying pull rank, I'm saying look at it and make sure it's good, like people do when buying cars and ****. 4 years instead of 5, a bonus or something. You don't swear in until MEPs right ? Not the recruiting station, right ?

[Hotel4341]

Favoritism is a myth. The nephew of BGen Salinas (the CG of San Diego when I was there) was in my platoon, and he didn't get IT'd any more or less than the rest of us (although every drill instructor on the depot had a comment for him )

Take the offer. Most recruiter's don't have to do anything shady nowadays to make quota, but having the Lt. Col there will just make things a little more legit. Just remember that he is a high-ranking officer, and treat this as the huge honor that it is.

[JMS738]

Thank you MARINES for your input. My dad is also a former
First Sargent but its hard to get information out of him because I feel like he keeps things from me. I know he supports my decision to become a MARINE, but I'm his son and hes proud but he knows the reality and he doesn't want to see me get deployed, and get injured and feel responsible. So he doesn't push me to join nor does he tell me not to. So instead, the LT. Col. has stepped up and made him self very available for any help and information I need.
Thanks Again!

[slimmy07]

I wasn't talking about the "recruiting game," I was talking about the "military game." It is all the same thing, only a few of the small details change.

Again, Unless you have been on recruiting duty in some capacity it is NOT the same. Recruiting duty is a different beast.

[Petz]

it's a huge numbers game, just like the drill field (but different).

I can back slimmy, it's a huge monster with tenticles that have sharp swords fused at the tips and it's trying to get you at every turn. It's evil man, just evil.