Now I'm not trying to be controversial, but unlike in this movie the army will do and say anything to get you to enlist. They came to my high school; they have done the same to many others. I doubt he'd have turned her away so easily despite her situation.
shareSergeant Russell Schalk, who played the Army recruiter, is a real-life recruiter and combat veteran of the 1st Cavalry Division. Jennifer Lawrence asked him questions in character, and he responded as if he were talking to an actual recruit.
shareThat was not my experience at all. Their techniques change based on quotas ... simple supply and demand. When I enlisted, there was no shortage, and the recruiter was far more interested in how I would do on the ASVABS.
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