Drill Sergeant or Recruiter? ** and why in comments**

Drill Sergeant seems more fulfilling to me. Taking a raw, unknowing, scared individual, and give them the foundation to become a lean, mean, confident soldier.

Takes a special kind of person.

If you enjoy being a "soldier," stay as far away as you can from Recruiting Command. Professionally, yes, they are necessary. Personally, that was the worst job I have had in my entire life. I was forced into the job for three years, then had a one year involuntary extension when I was down to six months. I left as a Gold Badge Recruiter, so no, I wasn't a failure at it. The JOB could be rewarding, but Recruiting Command is a different story. Four years with no support system. Four years of constant threats of having my career destroyed if I didn't meet quota, that renew at the first day of every month. Four years of having to take "working vacations" where you take leave, only to go to work in civilian clothes in order to make mission. You see, if you take more than 14 days of leave, they reduce your mission. Guess what never gets approved? So you take shorter vacations but have to work anyway to make mission. I could go on and on, how the stress ends careers, destroys marriages, results in suicides, and USAREC could care less. Stay far, far away.

I will have to say a Drill Sergeant. As a leader, you look influence others by providing purpose, motivation, and direction (funny I still remember that definition after being retired for over 4 years). As a Drill Sergeant, you have the opportunity to actually develop future leaders and isn't that the role of a true NCO. You will have the opportunity to make a major impact in a large number of Soldier's lives by influencing, molding, or even shaping them into great leaders. Nothing against Recruiters, their job is as important but to have that role of developing the Soldiers of our great Army, means a lot to me.