Are you a military veteran? I need help with recruitment office!?

Go for lifestyle ... all offer comparable entry pay and benefits. Initial enlistment bonuses and recruiter “sales strategies” are often very focused on hard to fill (unpopular, higher qualification) jobs so if branch needs align with your wants ... expect more attention.

Your challenge will be discerning which branch “culture” is the “right” fit for you.

Quality of life is an important consideration and this varies drastically amongst the branches ... so feedback from many sources is prudent.

Research is important. Determine your goals first ... exciting job, learn a trade, or quality off-duty time for travel, gym, or college classes?

Recruiters like most veterans are going to be appreciably biased toward their own service so ask objective vs. subjective questions ...

What enlistment contract entry pay grade can I secure with xx college credits?

What guaranteed job contract options are currently available?

What is the first-term “reenlistment” rate for this branch?

How long is “basic training”?

How is branch minimum physical fitness score evaluated?

How long is “technical training” for job x, y, or z?

How do I “pre-qualify” (admin, medical questionnaires, practice ASVAB) for this branch?

CF,

Recruiters are basically salesmen who work for the government. That might sound cynical, but it's just a way of saying get all points of view. That's because you will sign an 8 year contract that you can't easily sever.

You should ask what is meant by "We're fighting for our freedoms." Ask if our constitution is really threatened.

Ask evidence for the line, "They hate us for our freedoms." How do people know they hate us for this reason? Was a survey done?

Ask if these interventions are about oil. See the comments made by generals, politicians, and Alan Greenspan saying that it is about oil. General John Abizaid said, "Of course it is about oil, it is very much about oil, & we can’t really deny that." Former Def. Secretary Chuck Hegel acknowledged oil by saying, "We are not there for figs."

Ask if there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Ask if it was a few obsolete, inert, poor quality, and useless weapons from the 1980s. Ask about the statement made by former Central Intelligence deputy director regarding WMD. Former CIA Dep. Director Michael Morrell apologized to Gen. Colin Powell, saying, "We said he [Hussein] has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons production capability, and he is restarting his nuclear weapons program. We were wrong on all 3 of those."

Ask why the US consumer never benefited from this oil. Ask who made money off the oil, while US taxpayers got stuck footing the bill.

Ask why vets suffer from PTSD, homeless, and domestic abuse more than civilians.

Ask if the US military has become a bloated & unwelcome presence in this world. Ask if the phrase "World's Policeman" is more like a parody.

Ask why the Central Intelligence Agency supply the "good" rebels during one year, but then disavows them & and makes fake beheading videos after those rebels have outlived their usefulness.

Talk with some people at the organizations listed in the comments. Many of these people are vets who once supported the US military but are now critical.

Tell them what you are interested in and see what is available in that area. Ask them anything you want to ask. Like Gentleman said, they may not lie but they may embellish some stuff. They may also tell you things that are misleading. Such as, if you tell a recruiter you want to be a sniper, he'll put you in the infantry and tell you that when you report to your unit to tell them you want to go to sniper school. Well guess what? There's about 200 other guys that want to go too and they've been there longer than you. So while the recruiter wasn't lying per se, since that is a valid way of becoming a sniper, he just failed to mention that the process will take you 4-6 years and involves you proving you're worth that school slot to your unit.

**If anyone says anything that resembles a promise, i.e. airborne school, mos, whatever...MKAE SURE IT IS IN WRITING WHEN YOU SIGN YOUR CONTRACT. If it isn't, it doesn't exist.

There are no papers to sign at a recruiters office. They are salesmen whose job it is to entice you into enlisting with them. Actual enlistment is a couple day process at MEPS. The recruiter only prescreens you and gets you a MEPS appointment if you decide you want to join and are qualified to do so.

Some basic questions include

What is the minimum commitment for number of year signed up on the contract?

Am I eligible for any special enlistment programs or bonuses?

What is the minimum score I need on the ASVAB?

What are the major differences for this MOS and branch in pay, benefits, and future civilian job opportunities vs. other MOS's and branches?

How long is the training?

What are the physical fitness requirements I must meet?

What jobs are available to me?

How likely am I going to be deployed? how long is the average time spent on deployment?

What advancement opportunities am I eligible for?

Can I use the delayed entry program?

What are the next steps?

I have 39 years, so far, in the military, both regular, and reserve.

Ask what you want to know. They have probably heard pretty much every question anyway. They know you are curious - but, take what they say with a grain of salt. They will not lie (although many wonder about that), but, they will certainly make things sound good - perhaps better than they really are. But, the key is to relax. They are there to help you.

there are no questions you should specificly ask

you ask questions about something you do not know and want to know

and we have no way of knowing what info you do not know and want to.