Klarinet Archive - Posting 000264.txt from 2007/09

From: Alexander Brash <brash@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Military Bands
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:20:56 -0400

Thanks Mark for a balanced and reasonable response. For most others -
proof by passionate anecdote without clearly presenting all the facts
can be worse than useless. Throwing in your political views into the
mix "omg get in when the commander and chief isn't a total idiot,"
further clouds the advice you are trying to give, and probably makes
it harder for Vincent to use. I think we should all be careful when
responding to someone's honest request for advice to think of his
needs first instead of a forum to rant about our own viewpoints,
although the latter can be highly entertaining and useful in another
context. Just my .02.

On Sep 29, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Mark Charette wrote:

> Steve and Ana Caldwell wrote:
>> Please Please do not believe the recuriter they will lie just so
>> they can make their numbers as they need a certain amount each
>> month and most will do anything to make them.
> I have to say that in my experience and with my buddies while I was
> in the Navy (though that was way long ago) the recruiters don't
> lie. We either didn't realize what "subject to the needs of the
> service" _really_ meant or we didn't ask the right questions. I
> know there have been expose's of recruiters lying, but I think it's
> far less frequent than people think. People _sell themselves_ on
> the idea and miss a lot while a recruiter is saying something
> "sotto voce".
>
> If it ain't on paper, it doesn't exist. Even if it _is_ on paper,
> it's still "subject to the needs of the service".
>
> For the record, I went in during a "hot war", went overseas, stayed
> 8 years, and loved most of my time.
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