American recruiting examples: aptitude, technical training, and service commitments

Cyclic describes an American approach that tests recruits' aptitudes and looks for suitable occupations. He contrasts this with rejecting applicants who could be trained for useful work. His examples include technical education, the GI Bill, and sailors leaving with qualifications or savings, while acknowledging that individual outcomes vary. Some training-intensive specialties require longer service commitments. He also recalls a friend choosing sonar work over the nuclear programme because the latter's working conditions were less appealing. These examples connect recruiting incentives with the actual occupation and obligations a recruit accepts.