Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/army recruiter prerequisites

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Expert: Rod Powers - 10/11/2006


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I wanted to ask what the prerequisites are for being an army recruiter. More specifically, if someone handicapped can become an army recruiter (ex. someone with only one arm)

thank you very much for your time

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Hi Luis,

Military recruiters are active duty members (for active duty recruiting) and Reserve military members (for Reserve Recruiting). In other words, they are uniformed members of the military.

As someone who is missing an Army cannot stay in the military, then they cannot perform any military job (including recruiting).

In FY 2002 and 2003, the Army experimented with civilian contractors, which used civilian recruiters in a few areas, but that test is over. All Army recruiters are now uniformed members of the military.

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.

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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.

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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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