Military recruiters..any moms of teenage males here?

"Sandie Hudson"

My son asked to go off ADD med after taking it for only a short time years
ago. He heard that he couldn't go in the service if he took them. The med
wasn't helping anyway and were causing some problems so we did discontinue
them.

Really? My brother is on ADHD meds and he's in the military.

JennP.

"Denise Anderson" wrote

"Sandie Hudson" wrote

This is exactly what my husband did in his young adult years. He was
what
is called a Mess Specialist, in the Navy, on a carrier.

Sandie

They're called CS or Culinary Specialist now.

Denise

Cool! I think that is much better. After all, he says they did send him to
Culinary School.

Sandie
- who enjoys having such a good cook in the family

"JennP" wrote in message
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"Sandie Hudson"

My son asked to go off ADD med after taking it for only a short time
years
ago. He heard that he couldn't go in the service if he took them. The
med
wasn't helping anyway and were causing some problems so we did
discontinue
them.

Really? My brother is on ADHD meds and he's in the military.

JennP.

Well, I really didn't know for sure. It was just what my son heard. Like I
said we decided to take him off for other reasons anyway so it didn't really
matter.

Sandie

"Sandie Hudson"
Cool! I think that is much better. After all, he says they did send him to
Culinary School.

Sandie
- who enjoys having such a good cook in the family



How often does he cook you Beef Yokosoba or chili mac? Those are the
staples on my husband's carrier right now.

Denise

On 3 Dec 2004 13:57:48 GMT, enigma scribbled:

the schools. they are required to give student info to
military recruiters, including home phone numbers... & no,
there is no opt-out.
an 18 year old male is required to register for the draft, so
is likely to get more calls.

So, when did it become mandated? I got called my senior year, just
like my brother did his senior year, back in '80 and '81. I hung up
on the recruiter because he was a jerk, but it wouldn't have occurred
to me back then to have an issue with it. It was just something you
expected to happen.

Nan

"Nan" wrote in message
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On 3 Dec 2004 13:57:48 GMT, enigma scribbled:

the schools. they are required to give student info to
military recruiters, including home phone numbers... & no,
there is no opt-out.
an 18 year old male is required to register for the draft, so
is likely to get more calls.

So, when did it become mandated? I got called my senior year, just
like my brother did his senior year, back in '80 and '81. I hung up
on the recruiter because he was a jerk, but it wouldn't have occurred
to me back then to have an issue with it. It was just something you
expected to happen.

Nan

I graduated high school in 1981, and never heard word one from any military
recruiters. Neither did DH, who graduated in '82, albeit from a private
school. I have three younger brothers who graduated in 1983 and 1985 ,they
were never approached.
That's why I was so taken aback by this.

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 22:36:41 -0500, "dejablues"
scribbled:

I graduated high school in 1981, and never heard word one from any military
recruiters. Neither did DH, who graduated in '82, albeit from a private
school. I have three younger brothers who graduated in 1983 and 1985 ,they
were never approached.
That's why I was so taken aback by this.

Dh says he didn't get called, but he'd already taken the ASVAB, as he
planned to join the Marines. My ds got a phone call before he joined,
but he'd been giving it some serious thought. Maybe it depends on the
geographic areas? We're in the Great Lakes area of the US, but I
don't think that would matter, really.

Dh's opinion is that the schools don't have any business giving out
the info, and I agree, in hindsight. But if it's mandated, I'm
wondering when and what the reasoning behind that is.

Nan

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 18:42:47 GMT, "Denise Anderson"
scribbled:


"Nan" wrote in

Not necessarily. It would depend on the "when", which is why I am
wondering. If it's been mandated for longer than the last year and a
half, then your theory doesn't hold up.

Nan


It's been at least 4 years, IIRC.

Thanks Denise. So, it's been since before 9/11 and everything that's
changed since that day....

My ds tells me his Guard unit continues to get new recruits, but I
don't know what the rate was before the war, either.

Nan

In article ,
Nan wrote:

On 3 Dec 2004 13:57:48 GMT, enigma scribbled:

the schools. they are required to give student info to
military recruiters, including home phone numbers... & no,
there is no opt-out.
an 18 year old male is required to register for the draft, so
is likely to get more calls.

So, when did it become mandated? I got called my senior year, just
like my brother did his senior year, back in '80 and '81. I hung up
on the recruiter because he was a jerk, but it wouldn't have occurred
to me back then to have an issue with it. It was just something you
expected to happen.

Nan

The requirement that schools give info to military recruiters was part
of the "No Child Left Behind" thing -- so relatively recent.

All of my kids -- son and daughters -- have gotten info from military
recruiters.
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:23:20 GMT, dragonlady
scribbled:

In article ,
Nan wrote:

On 3 Dec 2004 13:57:48 GMT, enigma scribbled:

the schools. they are required to give student info to
military recruiters, including home phone numbers... & no,
there is no opt-out.
an 18 year old male is required to register for the draft, so
is likely to get more calls.

So, when did it become mandated? I got called my senior year, just
like my brother did his senior year, back in '80 and '81. I hung up
on the recruiter because he was a jerk, but it wouldn't have occurred
to me back then to have an issue with it. It was just something you
expected to happen.

Nan

The requirement that schools give info to military recruiters was part
of the "No Child Left Behind" thing -- so relatively recent.

All of my kids -- son and daughters -- have gotten info from military
recruiters.

Hmmm... it sounds like a case of "here's federal funding, but this is
what you have to do, in order to receive it", then.

Nan