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Bribing people to join the Army?

Circle_One

Well-Known Member
Ok, I just saw a commercial for the Army Reserves, the last line of the commercial was: "To find out more call this number and get a free sports watch."

Does this seem a tad ridiculous to anyone else, or is it just me?
 

Circle_One

Well-Known Member
Perhaps. I just thought it was very odd the way they worded it...and the fact that they were giving out a watch to find out more about the Army...very odd indeed.
 

Mister Emu

Emu Extraordinaire
Staff member
Premium Member
Perhaps. I just thought it was very odd the way they worded it...and the fact that they were giving out a watch to find out more about the Army...very odd indeed.
Well they all do it, the marines sent me a thing saying I could get a hat or bandana, and a gym bag, just for asking for more information.
 

Circle_One

Well-Known Member
Well they all do it, the marines sent me a thing saying I could get a hat or bandana, and a gym bag, just for asking for more information.
I just think that's very weird. I'd never heard of it before and it surprised me extremely.
 

robtex

Veteran Member
Actually the miltary in general is a gamble of economics versus safety. You, when joining, are setting yourself up for discounted education, building a financial nest egg early on and an early low overhead life while accumlating some money. The gamble is that you won't be put in harms way or injured working a dangerous job. Soilders cannot sue the goverment (nor can anyone else). So you have the risk your livelyhood versus a strong financial start at a tender age.

The goverment has marketed the financial gains for a long time and they are very important things to be gained...as that strong finacial start can have a long term impact on ones livelyhood.......The question becomes, given the job you sign up for what are the risks and can you feel good about this trade off given your occupation in the armed forces.
 
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