I was talking with a recruiter assigned to my school from the Air Force Acadmey. He has already served his 8 year committment plus some extra time but instead of quitting he is part of the reserves. He has a job with GE and does his recruiting part for next to nothing. Now, I don't know about you, and this may not apply to everyone, but I wouldn't consider this man to be any kind of "slime," or a failure of the military.
If your interested, the elgibility requirments to become a recruiter can be found here:
http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/recruiter/corporal.htm