When Marine Corps and Navy recruiters came to campus, anti-war activists were convinced he had invited them as a provocation.

The Navy recruiter, not needing any more enlistees, turned him away, so McGaha left for Knoxville and joined the Army instead.

"We have hired a former Navy recruiter to go around the Hamptons and talk to anybody who is wearing work boots and driving a pickup."

But the recruiter was out to lunch, and she was won over by a Navy recruiter who promised her overseas travel.

In 1980, she spoke to a Navy recruiter and became aware of the educational and travel opportunities which the Navy offered.

One day in 1918, she saw a notice that a Navy recruiter was arriving.

Life aboard ship is tough; no wonder Navy recruiters have trouble meeting their staffing goals.

"Most of the people who walk into the office have something wrong with them," said Petty Officer Benny Granillo, a Navy recruiter.

A Navy recruiter can earn up to 49 consecutive gold wreath awards for achievements in recruiting.

But one day a Navy recruiter visited the campus in Athens, Ga., and brought along a single-engine training plane.