1970, I was sent to Jefferson City, Missouri for recruiting duty. The Cole County Sheriff was a Marine from Korea, he had 28 under sheriffs, one was a Corpsman and the rest at that time were ALL Marines. Once a month he would give me a call and walk me through his cells to see if there was anyone that I wanted for the Corps. I found one guy with a minor DWI, he wanted to go, so I filled out the paperwork and did the background check myself by hand. When each place said that he had a DWI, I said, "oh, nothing important, just sign the card"… and they all did. Even the Capt of the State Highway Patrol (F Troop, yes… F Troop)
I got him in the Corps with a clean record. When I bussed him to St Louis the SgtMaj interviewed him, got the guy to spill his guts. The next day I get a call from the SgtMaj… that was the first time I ever stood at attention, while getting my azs chewed over the phone. The main recruiting station was down for the month… they took him and the other three men over my quota for that month. Which meant that the RS met its quota for that month. I got my azs chewed and a slap on the back all with in 10 minutes. I was with two guys I recruited on my second tour in Nam. Good people.