There are many ethical obstacles within the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) and not much is preventing these challenges. Failure to prevent these challenges will only lead to the failure in our command. After completing my last tour as a First Sergeant and the NCOIC for the recruit the recruiter team, I have had the opportunity to reflect on my tenure in the recruiting organization. I now realize that based on some of the methods and many of the leadership techniques utilized to increase production could have very well contributed as multipliers that created the ethical dilemmas that our NCOs were confronted with everyday.

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