When you joined the military, was it because of a recruiter spoke to you first or because you wanted to do it on your own?

I walked into the recruiter's office, both times.

Army recruiter said thanks for calling, and hung up on me, Navy and AF recruiter told me I didn't qualify, I knew the Marine Corp had stricter standards than anybody, so I didn't even try, though I sometimes wish I had. I called an AF reserve recruiter, even though I wasn't very interested in that route, he wanted to set up an appointment, but I couldn't see driving 4 1/2 hrs to the nearest base. Now I know that's common for reserve component service members. Anyhow there's an NG armory in my hometown, so I got the number for the recruiter and started leaving voice mails. Took nearly 3 weeks to get a call back. I told her if I was going to be in the NG I was going to be a combat engineer. She was willing to do the work to enlist a guy who needed a waiver and only had a GED. Thank you, SGT Schneider.

I had talked to a few recruiters when they came to my school just for the sake of getting more info. The decision to sing up though was mine without influence from them, I went to the AF recruiter just to start the process.