Ohio guardsman recruits brother, earns $2K

[unhappycamper]

Ohio guardsman recruits brother, earns $2K
Staff report
Posted : Sunday Oct 14, 2007 9:31:34 EDT

The Ohio National Guard reached its 1,500th recruit under the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program when Spc. Ian Spence enlisted his brother, Alex, and pocketed $2,000.

It was Spence’s fourth referral under the GRAP, according to an Army press release.

Ohio National Guard soldiers across the state have earned more than $3 million since the program’s inception almost two years ago, recruiting from among friends, relatives, classmates and co-workers, the release stated.

The program allows traditional Guard soldiers to volunteer to become recruiting assistants, or RAs, by taking a brief online training course.

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Alex Spence is a criminal justice student at Cincinnati State and chose to join his brother’s unit, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, because it would let him stay close to home to finish his degree.

Ian Spence, who has earned $8,000 through GRAP this year, serves as an Avenger team chief. His younger brother will work radar repair upon completion of his military schooling. He ships to basic Oct. 30.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/army_ohiorecruits_071014w/



uhc comment: Good luck, Alex! You're gonna need it.

[lligrd]

1. Yikes, Talk About Selling Your Brother Out

If anything happens to his brother, how will he be able to live with himself?

[Mend]

3. wonder what he does with his sisters?

[NYVet]

4. The same way that the rest of us who have family members in the military do...

By remembering them during the holidays and honoring their decision that removing a man who would toss families into woodchippers was a good thing.





My brother has served for almost 8 years and he has been to Iraq once. He is getting ready to go to Afghanistan next year. Since Feb of 2002, my National Guard unit has also been been called up twice for a total of about 27 months.

[Mend]

5. members of our family have served this country since the Revolutionary

War....we all enlisted and would not take money for a brother's choice to serve.

[NYVet]

6. That is a personal decision that individuals have to make

Personally, I would tell my brother to take the money if he put me in.

[Jackeen]

11. Having spirit is all well and good...

But if the guy was inclined to serve anyway, should he have deliberately said "No thank you, I won't take the free money"? Kindof nutty, no?

[Mend]

12. and if his brother should die, then what?

[notadmblnd]

2. Looks like he's willing to sell his family and friends for a little cold cash

I hope it keep him good company.

[Maq]

7. Sgt JUDAS

is that his name.

If he refers his sister, will he be renamed Sgt JUDAS PIMP.






"Off Humor in the middle of the day. Good luck fellow, and may you both return safely.

[NYVet]

8. So if I work at Burger King or someplace else and I get money for referring a relative

am I also a Judas?

[Maq]

9. How many pieces of silver was he worth

Silver at these prices would buy a whole bunch of cheeseburgers at BK.

Below are todays rates.

DJAIGSI3 Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index 180.14 Index DJI
DJAIGSI Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index 164.85 Index DJI
DJAIGSITR Dow Jones-AIG Silver Total Retu 322.95 Index DJI
DJAISI3T Dow Jones-AIG Silver Total Retu 352.88 Index DJI
XAU PHLX GOLD AND SILVER SECTOR IND 179.82 Index XPH


NYVET; did you notice that my post was in humor. I was a USAF Recruiter after Viet Nam. Tough then too. The waiting list evaporated.

[NYVet]

10. Sorry about that reply, I missed the last part of the comment.

I was trying to multitask and do 4 different things at the same time.