Has anyone/your hubby or wife done it?

Where at and where are the best places - Question from my Hubby who is considering it.

Thanks! 

All I have to say is RUN! 

All I have to say is RUN!

LOL! I have heard so many horror stories! 

My husband was flagged for recruiting on Thursday...too bad his EAS is only 10 months away...suckers!!! 

Hahaha!!!! ^^^^ 

Same here anonymous. I've never seen more affairs in my life. 

I've never seen more affairs in my life.

Really? I have heard of careers going down the drain, due to not being able to meet quotas. Not to mention the long hours. 

I heard it can make or break your career 

We did it..lets just say it sucked..we didnt get at all the place we wanted..we got freakin Fargo, North Dakota of all places! Worse time of our lives... 

Fargo, North Dakota

HOLY COW!!! 

My husband is from Fargo, ND. It's not that bad. We are in buffalo, MN. But recruiting duty does suck. It's long hours, shity locations or can be and harder to make friends. 

This is depressing me, lol. DH goes to school in March. Not looking forward to this. Especially since we have a 4 month old and I'm never going to get any help. Blah oh well. It's what you make of it! 

The first year is suppose to be the worse because they are trying to get themselves out there. Also depending on the office they can get some weekends off and they will be home most nights even if it's late. Also holidays they have off for the most part and don't deploy. So there are good things that come from it but also bad 

we got freakin Fargo, North Dakota of all places

I love Fargo! I would have been happy with that. I went there a few times during college for athletic competitions. 

Well, glade yall liked or like Fargo, North Dakota but being from Texas and Missouri... Fargo was not our cup of tea =] 

I used to live in Missouri and have family in Texas. :) 

Thanks for advice. Scared now! He's not staying in for life and just came back from a hellish deployment so think having him home safe and sound for a bit could work.

SouthernBelleMO - Did your Hubby do a by name request to somewhere he wanted to be?

Ahh.. Hoping we get somewhere halfway decent if he does decide to go for it..

Thanks again all! 

SouthernBelleMO - Did your Hubby do a by name request to somewhere he wanted to be?

Yes Ma'am.. but we still got Fargo LOL 

Oh heck, I was hoping you wouldn't say that!
Nothing against Fargo (Never been there)
Thanks heaps!
Next B billet on the list... :) 

He could get flagged for it like mine did. I wanted to move but this isn't what I had in mind, lol.

I will however enjoy the 6ish years of being non deployable. 

My husband had a promised by-name request and was just beaten out at the end for honor grad and he still didn't get it. He was given the 2nd choice RS in his 3rd choice district. 

Same here anonymous. I've never seen more affairs in my life.

Really? I don't know how when you're supposedly so busy. That's just sad. 

DH goes to school in March.

Our husbands will be in the same class. Definitely just going to hope for the best with this one. Not everyone's story is a horrible one. Keeping my fingers crossed for a positive experience. 

The husband of a friend of mine did it ... he got a small town in WI..
It was bad bad bad ju ju for their marriage ... he got himself in a lot of trouble being out at the bars.

In all honesty, the bars in that town are basically where everyone hangs out and Im sure he caught some great numbers being the only Marine Recruiter in town where most of the kids graduate HS but go nowhere ...

but his actions were really rough on his family and it still has lingering effects today

He was kind of a douche though so he put himself in that position ...being "mr.cool" helped him out and screwed him at the same time. 

We'll be heading to our RS in a few weeks. My husband got his third choice district and the RS was not one we had requested to be near at all.....New Jersey. lol

I'm honestly not worried. I'm really independent so that will probably work in my favor. Apparently the RSS we're going to also has a super low quota so we shall see....Just trying to keep an open mind at this point. 

Just trying to keep an open mind at this point. 

I think this is MOST important 

My husband did a by name request and he ended up in the exact office that he wanted. I absolutely love where we live and the people that he works with. His hours are really not that bad during the week and he rarely works weekends. I think the key is to maintain a positive mindset:). Expect him to work long hours and weekends that way when he doesn't you are pleasantly surprised instead of being let down. 

One good thing right now about recruiting is the quotas are low, so it shouldn't be too hard to meet them. 

Quotas are low but your area makes a huge difference. I will say some guys get caught up in the single man syndrome. Women in non military towns love a man in uniform and give them lots of attention. The guys are in high schools all the time, at parades, sporting events, concerts etc. Just keep your head up, an open mind and a loving heart.