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Has anyone thought about joining the military?
I did a while ago because I heard they pay for your tuition and I though it would get me in some hardcore shape but I decided not to. Me and my friend just had an interesting convo about it as you can see from my sig lol what do you guys think the reserves etc?
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Highly doubtful.
:p
The military world is not the civilian one, and for the five years you say is 'nothing', you have to do what the commanding officer says, and do it yesterday. I've known ex-military people and some of the things they had to do, both during basic and out of basic, were - well, I'll just say that I wouldn't fathom being able to tolerate doing them. You think a boss who's an asshole is bad? Try an asshole commanding officer who you can't transfer out from under because you know he'll make your life an even worse hell until the transfer request gets approved - if it does. At least with the asshole boss, you can quit and find another job or go on welfare.
Or take being in Bosnia. Knew a guy who was peacekeeping out there, and he was paid the princely sum of $12,000 a year to do it.
No, thanks. I'll take my civilian life, where at least I'm free to walk away from something, with less repercussions to my career than a dishonorable discharge for abandoning the service - although if you picked the right hippie tree-hugging employer, you could spin-doctor that DD into a job. :tongue:
My bf knows a guy who is in Afghanistan and all he did when he came home for a break or whatever was brag about how he killed civilian children there. Wow, what a great job. He should be oh so proud of himself.