Guide to Joining the Military, 2nd ed (Arco Guide to Joining the Military) [Paperback]

Scott A. Ostrow (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: ARCO/Peterson's; 2 Sub edition (January 11, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768914418
• ISBN-13: 978-0768914412
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,159,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lt. Col. Scott Ostrow is chief of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Recruiting Training Branch at Robins Air Force Base, GA. In 2004, he served in Iraq as administrator, deputy commander, and officer in charge of the 332nd Contingency Aero-medical Staging Facility's medical support flight.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative but very basic, June 30, 2006

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J. Keirns (Eastern USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Joining the Military, 2nd ed (Arco Guide to Joining the Military) (Paperback)

The book was informative but was written for a very basic reading level. I guess this is to be expected, since I would presume the author had to write it for a large target audience. I got most of the information I wanted from reading it, but some of the parts were unnescessary. For example: comparing a recruiter to a car salesman. I did not need to read all the details in this analogy which was brought up several times. I just wanted the facts, which I got but I ended up skimming over parts which, I guess, were added to make it less dry. Dry would have been better. Also, I wish there was more information about officer candidate programs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Full of information (that exists everywhere on the internet), May 31, 2011

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This review is from: Guide to Joining the Military, 2nd ed (Arco Guide to Joining the Military) (Paperback)

This book includes a great amount of information about joining the military (obviously), but lacks some of the more in-depth questions I had about joining.

Most of the information I found was essentially a semi-organized collection of all the information I'd researched on the internet. There was nothing new I learned from reading this book, and the author is making a buck off of you for not spending the time to research the internet or ask questions on internet forums that don't cost you a dime.

The bottom line is that if you want to join the military: get the fundamental information from the internet and web-forums, ask veterans your additional questions, and then meet a recruiter. There's absolutely no reason you should buy this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars my thoughts on this book, March 16, 2007

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Susan M. Chen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Joining the Military, 2nd ed (Arco Guide to Joining the Military) (Paperback)

this book was for the most part what my son needed for reference..very helpful and full of insight into the asvap test