Best Moment I thoroughly enjoyed being a TEMAC Reserve Recruiter at the Naval Reserve Center in Stockton. The only Navy Base in the area was a small Navy Communication Station there and you rarely saw anyone out in town in uniform. Almost everywhere I went in uniform I was treated very well and made a lot of new friends while I was there.
Worst Moment I only spent about eight months after reporting to the Naval Reserve Center, Stockton, CA to recruit prior active duty members into the reserve units there. Because of commencement of the All Volunteer Force and end of the Draft System, I was forced to transfer to the Regular Navy Recruiting Station in downtown Stockton to recruit active duty members. I still enjoyed Recruiting, but the long hours and problems trying to find qualified applicants made it extremely difficult to make our monthly recruiting quotas assigned to that station. I eventually ended up being the Recruiter-in-Charge and our monthly required quotas per recruiter doubled. We were constantly being scolded and micro-managed by the Recruiting District and morale was terrible. It got so bad that I decided to terminate my Temporary Active Duty Contract there. After talking to the Naval Reserve TEMAC Detailer in BUPERS, I was offered and accepted a TEMAC Yeoman Billet in the Deserter Section in BUPERS.
Other Memories While I was in separations in Treasure Island, CA I was recruited to become a TEMAC Recruiter and assigned to the Naval Reserve Center in Stockton, CA. I had passed the advancement exam for advancement to Chief just prior to getting out of the Navy, so when I reported as a TEMAC Reserve Recruiter, they received authority to advance me to YNC(SS) in July 1972. I stayed in Stockton and eventually ended up being the Recruiter-in-Charge of the regular Navy Recruiting Station in downtown Stockton at the beginning of the All-Volunteer Force in the military and served there for two years.
