A True Story, Military Recruiters Lie----............ [View All]

He, the recruiter was a "Ranger", one of the elite, very handsome and seductive.

My young friend was very impressionable, very smart and lacking in self esteem and she was looking for a path to grow into.

Fade to black, the line in the movie......
"you almost had me...."

She resisted for weeks and then she relented. My young friend went for the all day physical and mental tests and she passed with flying colors.

"They" called her into a "special" office. "They" told her she was so smart they wanted to send her to a special language school and put her in a very elite class. For some reason, at the last moment, my friend refused to sign on the dotted line. She had the smarts to ask where she would be based when she had passed through "language school". She did not like what "they" told her.

That evening she told the recruiter to get lost and she never looked back. Has she ever regretted that decision? Yes and no. Yes, she may have had the opportunity to travel the world, but at what cost to her soul. She is still my friend and I'd love to help her find the SOB, military recruiter, "Ranger", that represented the military to her, to this very day. He should be crucified. He tried to take her to bed, he was married, he was a slime.

All the while, the "ranger" tried to take her to bed.

It is a very personal story.

My friend was me.

This happened in late 70's.