I met a guy from Iowa (or maybe Idaho, I forget which) who up and moved to Hawai'i thinking he could line up a job and housing but failed to line up either and ended up enlisting because it was that or sleeping on the street. And apparently they were pretty aggressive about recruiting him while he was homeless.
I lost touch with him after that, but he seemed like an okay guy who made a bunch of bad decisions and just got taken advantage of.