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I am not going to quote Rambo word for word, but in the military you can play with really cool and expensive toys.  You get experience leading people under very stressful conditions, which is something you will keep for the rest of your life.

Forgot conscription

Why did I join?

Well, ever since I was a kid, I played with G.I. Joes and always kinda pictured myself as being in the military in some way or another, I just never expected the Air Force.  When I was in high school, I talked to a recruiter for the Army.  I had tossed around the idea of going to school for auto mechanics, aero mechanics, military, or computer stuff.  At the end of high school, all of my friends left for the military.  One went to the Army, 1 went to the Navy, 2 went to the Air Force, but I stayed home and started going to college.

After 3 years of college, the idea of still wanting to be in the military was still in the back of my mind.  Its something Ive always wanted to do, and honestly, without the encouragement of my girlfriend I may not have done it.  Ive always told myself if I were going to do it, I was going to be single because I dont know how much I would like leaving someone behind.  But I got lucky, I have a girlfriend who understands that this is something I want and because of that, she wants me to do it.

But I guess back to topic, why do I want to do it?  Well, I want to serve my country.  Regardless of what you think if the war in Iraq is protecting your freedoms or not, I want to volunteer to do a job that most people dont want anything to do with and just want to criticize. I want to protect the freedoms of people who want to shit on the military with their obscene and inconsiderate comments. 

I am willing to put my life on the line, so that my girlfriend, my parents, my brother and my friends can sleep in their bed peacefully.

I didn't join because I didn't have the temperament at that age.  If I had, I would probably still be serving time in a military prison for striking an officer.

I joined for a number of reasons.  I want to serve my country, the Air Force seemed to be the best way to get the job I want (pilot), and I get a great education, too.  I had always been interested in the military, but did not decide to join until most of the way through high school.  Fortunately, I was able to make it into the Academy.

I joined way back in 1996, served 8 years in the UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, and I'm proud of that fact.  It probably wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but it taught me more about life than any college ever could've.  And yes, we play with very expensive toys, and blow shit up.  I was an 0311, for those of you who don't know what that is I was a GRUNT (Infantry).  I've made some of the best friends a person could ever make.  My old unit is gearing to go back to Iraq for a third time in less than three years, I still have many friends in that unit and I pray that nothing happens to them.  SEMPER FI

To add some variety to my life, while making myself useful. I was disgusted at their health care and sanitary conditions, though. So many people were getting drug off in tears with supposedly "pre-existing" medical conditions during boot, it wasn't even funny. There were plenty of problems ~2000.

I'd join again if I could be sure that some flesh-eating virus wouldn't crawl up my dickhole while taking a crap (and if someone would hang on to my Diablo II accounts ). I freaking volunteered to clean up in the head once, but they only allowed me 15 minutes with the crappiest tools on the planet and a solution that was probably 99.98% water.

So many good people are lost to cruddy administration...

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-12-05 14:41:06)

Conscripted/Drafted in to the Norwegian Army. Service length 1 year.
Duty: Military Police.

I was one of 28% of the male population of my year, that had to go in to the service.
I would stayed longer if i could. But you (with a few exeptions like special forces) can't
join up as a "enlisted man". Even if you want to.

There is a chanse that i'll join the "Home Gard". It's a carbon copy of the army, but comprised by infantry and
light navy assets only. And better motivated officers.

I haven't joined, though its still something in my mind, and I may yet do it even if its only reserves.  As a kid I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but since the RNZAF got rid of its strike wing thats become an impossible, at least in this country.

Were I to join it would be primarily to serve my country, though the healthcare, travel and uni (depending on whether I'd end up doing IT stuff) would be sweeteners...and I've heard grenade training is a whole lot of fun

Were I to join I'd probably choose the army but if I wanted to do something based on the skills I already have, the airforce would win no contest.

millhous wrote:

acEofspadEs6313 wrote:

I enlisted in the Navy last Thursday as a Corpsman.

I chose to enlist into the military to serve my country, and, my family has a big military background, so that's also an influence on me as well.

Unless you are a combat corpsman, you'll never gain rank (thus more money).  Its a fact.  On average, it takes an E-3 more than 4 years to make E-4.  Most go through their first enlistment without even coming close to making NCO.  But if its your goal to go in just for travel or college money, then more power to ya and good luck.

I was gonna go in as an AO (Aircraft Ordnanceman) but figured that I could do something a little better and picked AE (Aviation Electrician) instead.  I was just in it for the travel and college money.  Also I had no clue what I was going to do after high school.

I plan on getting to go as a combat corpsman once I'm done with the initial 'A' school for HMs.

Sir to kill sir!

I joined the Air Force in 1985 to learn my trade and to serve my country.