After Recruiters Threaten Arrests, Army Stands Down
 

I saw this moron on the CBS Evening news. They had his message he left on a cell phone......


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After Recruiters Threaten Arrests, Army Stands Down


Raw Story | May 12 2005

Related: Army Recruiters Play Hard Ball

From the registration-restricted KHOU News.

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HOUSTON -- There's been a swift response from the U.S. Army following an exclusive 11 News Defenders investigation into allegations recruiters are going too far to sign up new soldiers.

Late Tuesday afternoon, 11 News confirmed the U.S. Army will now call for a nationwide stand-down of all recruiting efforts in what a spokesperson at the Pentagon calls a serious step at self-examination.

Sgt. Thomas Kelt refused to comment on any of the questions asked by 11 News Defenders.

The Army will set aside a full day on May 20 as the day to have every recruiter across
America review Army recruiting policies and standards. It's an effort to stop overly aggressive recruiting tactics.

The announcement comes just one day after the 11 News Defenders exposed a Houston Army recruiter threatening to arrest a local young man if he didn't report that day to the army recruiting station.

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TRANSCRIPT WITH RECRUITER

Sgt. Thomas Kelt left this message on that young man's cell phone: "Hey Chris, this is Sgt. Kelt with the Army man. I think we got disconnected. Okay, I know you were on your cell probably and just had a bad connection or something like that. I know you didn't hang up on me. Anyway, by federal law you got an appointment with me at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Greenspoint Mall, okay? That's the Greenspoint Mall Army Recruiting Station at 2 o'clock. You fail to appear and we'll have a warrant. Okay? So give me a call back."

We asked Sgt. Kelt in to comment.

Sgt. Kelt: "I'm not at liberty to comment.

Reporter: "But that's your own voice?"

Sgt. Kelt: "I'm not at liberty to say."

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Army recruiters across America will take a day off, foucusing on what KHOU News uncovered in Houston in an effort to reinforce recruitment integrity.

KHOU was told "stand-downs like this are typically only done when the military experiences an increase in accidents or other systemic problems."


Raw Story | May 12 2005

Related: Army Recruiters Play Hard Ball

From the registration-restricted KHOU News.

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HOUSTON -- There's been a swift response from the U.S. Army following an exclusive 11 News Defenders investigation into allegations recruiters are going too far to sign up new soldiers.

Late Tuesday afternoon, 11 News confirmed the U.S. Army will now call for a nationwide stand-down of all recruiting efforts in what a spokesperson at the Pentagon calls a serious step at self-examination.

Sgt. Thomas Kelt refused to comment on any of the questions asked by 11 News Defenders.

The Army will set aside a full day on May 20 as the day to have every recruiter across
America review Army recruiting policies and standards. It's an effort to stop overly aggressive recruiting tactics.

The announcement comes just one day after the 11 News Defenders exposed a Houston Army recruiter threatening to arrest a local young man if he didn't report that day to the army recruiting station.

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TRANSCRIPT WITH RECRUITER

Sgt. Thomas Kelt left this message on that young man's cell phone: "Hey Chris, this is Sgt. Kelt with the Army man. I think we got disconnected. Okay, I know you were on your cell probably and just had a bad connection or something like that. I know you didn't hang up on me. Anyway, by federal law you got an appointment with me at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Greenspoint Mall, okay? That's the Greenspoint Mall Army Recruiting Station at 2 o'clock. You fail to appear and we'll have a warrant. Okay? So give me a call back."

We asked Sgt. Kelt in to comment.

Sgt. Kelt: "I'm not at liberty to comment.

Reporter: "But that's your own voice?"

Sgt. Kelt: "I'm not at liberty to say."

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Army recruiters across America will take a day off, foucusing on what KHOU News uncovered in Houston in an effort to reinforce recruitment integrity.

KHOU was told "stand-downs like this are typically only done when the military experiences an increase in accidents or other systemic problems."

Down here a Girl was reported on the news to have gotten a similar phone call from her recruiter calling her names for not going thru with her plans on joining the Army ,after 2nd thoughts. the Girl saved the Message on her Cell Phone and played it for someone in the Recruiters chain of command and the recruiter apologized on Television to her. Like the other Recruiter I think all recruiters are under so much stress nowadays they are willing to lie (more) to get a recruit to sign and make their quotas!