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

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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.

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.

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