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[quote=Anonymous]Military enlistment might make sense, but dealing with military recruiters is about as tricky as dealing with a car salesman.

Recruiters always initially say they can't negotiate, but really they often can. At the end of the month, if they are short for quota then they have some flexibility. Do NOT let DC see a recruiter alone - only with a parent. If they ask for a telephone or email, give a parent's information and never DC's information.

Salary is usually NOT negotiable, but they can guarantee your DC training in a particular field by writing it into the contract. Electronics training often is a better choice than electrician training. Electrician probably is preferable to plumber. Aviation mechanic would be great also, lots of commercial airline demand for them.

Given DC's personality, also consider if DC even would be able to abide the various bureaucratic and military silliness which are unavoidable for the 4 years of a usual enlistment. (I would not have tolerated that myself, so I never went military.) [/quote]

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