Things I'm mad about today

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#11,003
well no magic e-mail giving me an assignment today. Can't fathom I'm getting an e-mail over a long holiday weekend. So knowing the Army I just might. Otherwise, it's a long way til Tuesday.
 
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volfanbill said:
I've always heard Irwin is far worse than Polk, but I've fortunately never been to either.

And, good, or bad, I'm DA Select for Army Recruiter, so I'm not going to a military base. I had six places to choose from and I got to rank them:

1. Nashville (covers Tennessee and lots of Kentucky)
2. Raleigh (Covers North Carolina)
3. San Antonio (covers South Texas (due to my inability to speak Spanish, this might be a no go))
4. Tampa, Fl (covers central Florida)
5. Houston (east Texas)
6. Syracuse (western upstate NY)

Knowing the Army, I won't wind up in any of those places.
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Do recruits not have to speak English? Not going political but more practical. How would they know the orders they are given?
 
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95 Vol Alum said:
Do recruits not have to speak English? Not going political but more practical. How would they know the orders they are given?
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There’s a lot to unpack here. A lot of times talking just to recruits, you aren’t just talking to the recruit. The family wants confirmation their kid is going to be taken care of and it also helps the recruit if you can speak Spanish to him. That’s the short version, I’m not really excited to unpack the intricate details, so I hope this is good enough.
 
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volfanbill said:
There’s a lot to unpack here. A lot of times talking just to recruits, you aren’t just talking to the recruit. The family wants confirmation their kid is going to be taken care of and it also helps the recruit if you can speak Spanish to him. That’s the short version, I’m not really excited to unpack the intricate details, so I hope this is good enough.
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Makes total cents.
 
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volfanbill said:
There’s a lot to unpack here. A lot of times talking just to recruits, you aren’t just talking to the recruit. The family wants confirmation their kid is going to be taken care of and it also helps the recruit if you can speak Spanish to him. That’s the short version, I’m not really excited to unpack the intricate details, so I hope this is good enough.
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Sure. Just curious. In my world this is a topic due to safety information all being in English.
 
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95 Vol Alum said:
Sure. Just curious. In my world this is a topic due to safety information all being in English.
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We would see that in the San Francisco VA. The patients (veterans) could speak English, but family members might only speak Tagalog, Chinese, etc. And if the providers could speak the other language, they would a lot of times even with the veteran to help him or her relax.
 
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VolNExile said:
We would see that in the San Francisco VA. The patients (veterans) could speak English, but family members might only speak Tagalog, Chinese, etc. And if the providers could speak the other language, they would a lot of times even with the veteran to help him or her relax.
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Exactly. Puts the recruit at ease and the family.

When I joined, I was much older (28) and researched everything before I even contacted a recruiter. I knew what jobs I was interested in, and told the recruiter (after I passed the ASVAB) to call me when that job came available. I wasn't interested in anything else, so I just waited. My recruiter (the whole station in fact) didn't even know the jobs I wanted existed. Based on training and talking to other people, I was a unicorn. Everyone else has to be explained everything and even given help to choose jobs. Plus they are typically around 18-24 years old. So I'm even an old man at 39 trying to talk to them. This will be quite an interesting three years.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
I'm mad I read Behr's weather post :mad:
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