WASHINGTON — With his Army recruiting office shuttered due to the coronavirus, Staff Sgt. Anthony Holt has had to be creative to meet his enlistment goals. Using social media is one way. Signing up the grocery delivery guy is another.
Holt asked the man how he ended up with the virtual shopping job. It turned out, he wanted to be a boat operator, but a job with an Alaskan cruise company fell through because of the pandemic.
The Army also has maritime jobs, Holt told him. He found an open training slot for an Army watercraft operator. The delivery guy enlisted.
“I talk to every single person that I meet no matter what, because I have no idea what their life story is,” said Holt, who is based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. “If I have the opportunity to help somebody the way that the Army’s helped me, I seize that opportunity.”