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Skriven 2011-02-02 15:33:46 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6531 av bill swisher (1:124/311)
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Hi Bill,

 bs> On 1/31/2011 8:20 PM, Ruth Haffly wrote:

Actually, Michael wrote that. I know what Steve did to get the job he
did in the Army.  Lots of hard work and a recruiter who knew what he was
doing.

 bs> >   ML>  It always interests me that the military invests a bunch in
 bs> >   ML>  language and other training and then often makes assignments
 bs> >   ML>  that don't use the training.

 bs> When I went through Navy boot, April of 65, there was an older guy in
 bs> our company from south Colorado.  He was a licensed mortician in
 bs> Colorado, New Mexico, and Kansas (or it might have been Oklahoma).  He
 bs> wanted desperately to be sent to school to become a medic and then on
 bs> to medical school after his enlistment was over.  They sent him off to
 bs> electricians school after boot.

Sounds like something didn't go right there. If he was a volunteer, he
should have had a job skill lined up before he signed the dotted line.
Then, too, recruiters can be dishonest (enough said).

When Steve was in language school, there were a lot of Air Force people
in his class. They were told that if they flunked out, they'd be sent to
cook's school. I think it was an incentive for them to do well. I had a
friend in HI who wanted to be a cook but the Army made her a dietician;
she wasn't happy with that and didn't make the Army a career.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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