What are some of those things that your recruiter or officer-selection-officer got right?

I held my OCS Board with a group of NG LTCs and COLs that were stationed with me in Bosnia (I am intentionally omitting dates and the state involved). They had just rotated in and didn't know me personally, which I thought was fair.

When I went to Germany to raise my right hand, my recruiter's supervisor SFC Blue (great guy), took me aside and let me know about the many racist comments that the officers had made in their "recommendations" for OCS. They said things like, "very articulate for a black person; a real credit to her race;" "being black, I would have expected a faster run time, but she is coming from the civilian world so that probably accounts for it;" "would be of great use to AFRICOM;" and my personal favorite: "remarkably likable, untrue of much of her kind." And this is just a sample of what I remember. He asked if I wanted to try to reconvene a board in Germany and get rid of these board comments. I declined. He offered to see if he could have them stricken from my record. I declined again. I told him I needed to keep them because when I pick up O6, I will have my OCS board comments read aloud. He clapped me on the back and told me he knew I was going to make it.

My recruiters told me to know the entire upper Chain of Command, all ranks and rates for all branches, all General orders, and the Sailor's Creed before going to boot camp. It helped me out TREMENDOUSLY

My recruiter did right by me. Told me the Army wasn't for everyone and that it was up to me to take advantage of an opportunity of a life time!! I think I got it right! Love this job!!