Military recruiters misrepresent contract terms to pressure enlistment

Evidence

The recruiter smiled. “Look, let’s just list you as active duty,” he says. “You can change down to reserves anytime you want.” That, it turns out, wasn’t true. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 196

Categorization

• QUESTION: How common is this active-duty/reserves bait-and-switch in recruiting? Worth verifying whether this is anecdotal or systemic.
• XREF: connects to: Incomprehensible terms force users into uninformed agreement — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 310