Potential US Military...

[ThePhanastasio]

I don't know, but I'm thinking I'm going to sign up for the military.

My ASVAB is exceptional, and I'd be able to enter at a fairly decent rank, for fairly decent jobs.

I'm currently unemployed.

I also want something substantial. I wouldn't be career, but I want to enter the armed forces.

I mean, I grew up with an Army dad. I don't want the Army necessarily, though. I'm shooting for more Air Force or Navy, actually.

My uncle was Air Force.

I've no ties to the Navy, aside from my cousin almost completed Boot, only to have an asthma attack a week before graduation.

I don't have asthma. I've been jogging regularly. I have an appropriate BMI. I have an advanced IQ, and a ****ing awesome ASVAB (WAY easier than the ACTs, for anyone who was wondering) and could feasibly do this.

I just have one minute favor to ask; anything in the Recreational Drug thread; if that could be deleted, I'd be eternally grateful.

As it stands, I could pass even a follicle test, I believe, but I don't want the RD thread turning against me.

[Sansa Stark]

Are you manic right now

[ThePhanastasio]

I don't think so, no. I've felt closer to normal these past few days than normal. If I'm still manic, that will have been close to two months, and that's not good.

[ladyislingering]

my ex joined the army because he screwed up really bad (had a kid with a girl he wanted nothing to do with) and felt he had no other options.

the army is pretty much the bottom of the barrel.

but being a part of the "defense force" itself is not the best thing you can do with your life.

you'll be miserable.

I don't know you but I know well enough about the armed forces to know that it's a really, really bad idea.

[FETCHER.]

Ive thought joining the army solely for a job but I'd rather go on the way I am than work in an obviously dangerous area. Although I need to make money quick haha.

[ladyislingering]

Originally Posted by FETCHER.

Ive thought joining the army solely for a job but I'd rather go on the way I am than work in an obviously dangerous area. Although I need to make money quick haha.

No amount of money is worth being a tool for the government's machinery.

[FETCHER.]

It is really, in this financial climate I couldn't even afford a 10p packet of crisps if they still sold them.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by ladyislingering

my ex joined the army because he screwed up really bad (had a kid with a girl he wanted nothing to do with) and felt he had no other options.

the army is pretty much the bottom of the barrel.

but being a part of the "defense force" itself is not the best thing you can do with your life.

you'll be miserable.

I don't know you but I know well enough about the armed forces to know that it's a really, really bad idea.

Your post is rather insulting.
I joined the Army in 2003 as an information systems analyst, got 6 good (and easy) years experience in that field, got out, and am just finishing up getting a free degree as a computer network specialist (and I actually got paid to go to school, never having to pay a dime), and I get any certifications I want reimbursed. I'm set to go into the workforce in my field making no less than 25 dollars an hour to start, which is great for Louisiana.
I can say that the education benefits, while great, are not the culmination of my military experience. The experience itself made me better as a person in all respects.

I wouldn't expect someone who is forced to join any service to take anything positive away from the experience, but your ex and I are obviously two totally different people. And I'm sure the OP and your ex are as well. You shouldn't pass judgement on something you obviously don't know anything about.

And if people could take their misguided pride out of the equation, they aren't being a "tool" for the government any more than a worker is a "tool" for the company he works for. If someone wishes to challenge themselves and use the armed services as a tool to accomplish what they want to accomplish, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

I just have one minute favor to ask; anything in the Recreational Drug thread; if that could be deleted, I'd be eternally grateful.

Do you have any personally identifiable information on your profile or otherwise? I doubt the military would be trawling the internet looking for you, but if you go into the intelligence field and want to be safe, I'd say just get your photos deleted from any threads (so no visual identification could be made) and remove any personal identifying information from your profile and any posts you've made.

If you find any stuff like this, write the links down and PM them to me and I'll delete those posts.

[Plankton]

It's tough at first (for most people), but well worth it in the long run. I took the ASVAB in the 80's originally looking to go Air Force and scored very high, but got cold feet. Ended up taking a bus from Chicago to LA to join a band that never happened, and lived like a bum for 2 weeks playing guitar on the beach for food. I ended up at the Army Recruiters office in Ca. and was in DEP for 55B Ammo Spec for a week. I took the first plane out to boot camp and never looked back. Got to see the world, made some very good friends that I still keep in touch with, learned alot about myself, and self discipline, and got paid to do it all. Went to school through the GI Bill, and started a career (such as Freebase) in CAD and Engineering, and am still going strong some 20+ years later.

I'm a big fan of everyone joining the service, and unless you've been there don't knock it. As with anything... you get out of it what you put into it.