Module 3: US Navy Urban Recruiting

Module 3 Session Long Project: US Navy Urban Recruiters
By: Roger Waldo
Ethics 301
Professor: Dr. Johnny M. Vanneste
17 August 12

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Session Long Project Part III: US Navy Urban Recruiters. For someone not familiar with the different markets Navy Recruiters have to do their jobs in, they might think this topic might not be relevant. However, I intend to shed light into the challenges and risks urban recruiters face on a day to day basis. Are adequately informed of the risks? And are the risks acceptable and reasonable? One would not wonder or think that being a Navy Recruiter would be a dangerous job. On the contrary, most people would see Recruiting as a safe profession, especially when comparing them to
One must understand that Navy Recruiting District Atlanta involves three different states (Georgia, Alabama and the Florida panhandle) all of which have metropolitan areas that require recruiters to be stationed there. These “Metro” areas have the most people density, therefore requiring more recruiters to target the larger audience. Not all metropolitan areas are risky to recruit in, but some more than others. There is obviously more risk involved in Atlanta, Georgia than in Milledgeville, Georgia. Suburban and/or “country” recruiting is less dangerous than urban recruiting. Let us discuss Metro Atlanta recruiting. In Atlanta, recruiters must be vigilant to the crime in their surroundings. The more people in a geographical area the more likely criminal activity is to happen. When I thought of recruiting in Atlanta I couldn’t help to think of the Fox network show “Cops”. I remember seeing the shows based in Atlanta and wondering if I was going to need a bullet proof vest to recruit. One must remember
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So when I started recruiting in Atlanta I went to a station in Decatur, GA. Most of the murders in metro Atlanta were happening right in the quadrant my recruiting station was in. When I arrived at the recruiting station I was briefed by the outgoing recruiting manager that they had witnessed a kidnapping in their front parking lot, the infamous Atlanta court room shooter had tried hiding in their mall when he was running from the Police, the government vehicles had been shot at in front of the office during a drive by shooting and that at least once a quarter one of the services government cars had been stolen. If one was to think that this is isolated to just this recruiting station, then I hate to tell you that you are wrong. When I went to the Stone Mountain, Ga. recruiting station we had the same issues. The next door barber got shot and killed during a drive by that involved some government cars being shot at. Go to the South West Atlanta recruiting station and you’ll find more of the same. In the College Park recruiting station you are welcomed by bullet proof glass and you have to get buzzed into the