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KBCraig wrote:

KD5NRH wrote:

NcongruNt wrote:I took the ASVAB in high school along with a bunch of classmates. I got 98/99 on the thing, and didn't stop hearing from recruiters for another 2 years or so. The Navy was the most persistent of the bunch.

I knew a guy who had to get his CO to tell them to buzz off...you'd think the on-base address would've been a clue, but no, they even addressed the letters to A1C Jones.

Heh. I also scored 98/99 percentile on the ASVAB, then joined ROTC as a non-scholarship student when I was a sophomore. I received my commission, served 42 months of active duty, and then when I spent a month or two at my parents' home after ETS while hunting a job, I got a nastygram from Selective Service, warning me of the dire consequences if I didn't register.

*ahem*

1) I registered the same week I turned 18. My uncle was the postmaster in our small town, so it's not like I could avoid it.
2) I joined ROTC in college, voluntarily signed an Army contract, had over 7 years' combined active and reserve service, and was on Individual Ready Reserve by the time Selective Service "caught" me.
3) Registration is mandatory within 30 days of the 18th birthday. They "caught" me 7-1/2 years later.

Yeah, I got the same thing several years back. I registered for Selective Service and then several years later my dad told me that I'd gotten something about not registering in the mail. What a mess of a system that must be.

90north wrote:BTW, you don't "take the test" to become a SEAL before joining the Navy. You join the Navy, go to boot camp, go to the fleet or an "A" school to earn a rate (That's a job/MOS) work hard. After 2-3 yrs you can apply for the teams, after several different interviews, physical tests, and a little luck you may attend BUDS.

Maybe his recruiter spun the ASVAB as a precursor to getting into the SEALS. I guess technically it would be, as everyone has to take it anyway. My experience with many recruiters is that they'll spin anything into what you want to hear.

I took the ASVAB in high school along with a bunch of classmates. I got 98/99 on the thing, and didn't stop hearing from recruiters for another 2 years or so. The Navy was the most persistent of the bunch. At first they tried to cater my photography interests, saying I could do photography for the Navy. Once they got the idea that I was only interested in doing aesthetic/artistic photography, they switched to my science interests and told me they wanted me to become a Nuclear Technician, with the promise of making all kinds of money after I got out of the service.

I'm not made to be a soldier, not in peacetime anyway. I'd gladly fight along with my countrymen to defend my nation if something along the lines of WWII were to transpire. Otherwise, I'm not receptive to taking orders blindly, and I knew this when the Navy was trying to recruit me. Unfortunately, I was only a high school kid and wasn't nearly as adept and forward in my expression as I am today. The calls probably would have stopped much earlier, had I been able to articulate my thoughts and views to those recruiters at that time. I have many beefs with the way a lot of recruitment is done, and misleading kids as to how they will actually spend their military careers is but one of them. I speculate that this may be part of why this kid thinks he's taking some test to become a SEAL, when in fact it's probably the ASVAB.