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MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 03:02:32
May 13 2013 02:48 GMT
#1
Hello TL. Its me again. So a lot has happened in the last couple of months and I am questioning enlisting in the armed forces. Whether it will be the army, navy, or the airforce I still haven't decided on which one. I have given this question some thought but I would like to know what you guys think. I am probably going to see the army and navy recruiters sometime this week and the airforce one next week if i haven't decided on which one.

Have any TLERs been in the armed forces or have relatives that have been in the forces.Tell me your stories and any suggestions.

Some background info.

Im going to be 19 in a few days.
Any other questions can be answered.


And for the ladies and gents of TL a poll, for those to lazy to post.


Poll: Which branch of the military to choose?

Air Force (12)
 
46%

Navy (9)
 
35%

Army (5)
 
19%

26 total votes

Your vote: Which branch of the military to choose?

(Vote): Navy
(Vote): Army
(Vote): Air Force




EDIT: I'm decently physically fit and like to exercise, would also prefer to travel a little bit.

**
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
May 13 2013 03:02 GMT
#2
Why have you excluded the Marine Corp?
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
May 13 2013 03:04 GMT
#3
On May 13 2013 12:02 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Why have you excluded the Marine Corp?



I thought the marine corp was pretty much the army. I also heard marines corp sucks and not to join. Im going to do some research on it right now.
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 03:08:12
May 13 2013 03:05 GMT
#4
On May 13 2013 12:04 MysteryMeat1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 12:02 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Why have you excluded the Marine Corp?



I thought the marine corp was pretty much the army. I also heard marines corp sucks and not to join. Im going to do some research on it right now.


I bet somebody in the army told you that ^_^

If you want to travel I'd suggest pulling for embassy duty, but it really depends on where you're looking to go.
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
May 13 2013 03:07 GMT
#5
On May 13 2013 12:05 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 12:04 MysteryMeat1 wrote:
On May 13 2013 12:02 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Why have you excluded the Marine Corp?



I thought the marine corp was pretty much the army. I also heard marines corp sucks and not to join. Im going to do some research on it right now.


I bet somebody in the army told you that ^_^



Ya i was in hawaii a couple of years ago and I met with a guy in the marines or the army i forget which. We were in the elevator and He said, "The marines. america needs em but it sucks to be them." lol
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
May 13 2013 03:08 GMT
#6
On May 13 2013 12:05 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 12:04 MysteryMeat1 wrote:
On May 13 2013 12:02 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Why have you excluded the Marine Corp?



I thought the marine corp was pretty much the army. I also heard marines corp sucks and not to join. Im going to do some research on it right now.


I bet somebody in the army told you that ^_^

LOL hahaha :D

Yeah Marine Corp is significantly different, a marine would also make fun of the army if you asked him about it :p
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
May 13 2013 03:20 GMT
#7
Marines OP!

It actually sounds like a bit of fun and id get to travel.
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9154 Posts
May 13 2013 03:23 GMT
#8
On May 13 2013 12:04 MysteryMeat1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 12:02 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Why have you excluded the Marine Corp?



I thought the marine corp was pretty much the army. I also heard marines corp sucks and not to join. Im going to do some research on it right now.


dont ever repeat these things to a marine
Photographer"nosotros estamos backamos" - setsuko
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8003 Posts
May 13 2013 03:32 GMT
#9
Air force! I couldn't stand being on-- and mostly under-- a ship forever.
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24698 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 03:47:10
May 13 2013 03:46 GMT
#10
The first question for you to answer before anyone can advise you is... why do you want to enlist? Have good reasons.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9154 Posts
May 13 2013 03:48 GMT
#11
On May 13 2013 12:32 darthfoley wrote:
Air force! I couldn't stand being on-- and mostly under-- a ship forever.


you can end up tending an ICBM somewhere in middle-of-nowhere dakota, USA
Photographer"nosotros estamos backamos" - setsuko
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
May 13 2013 03:58 GMT
#12
Army here. What kinda job are you looking for? Or even what general field are you interested in?
UNFUCK YOURSELF
Phailol
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States84 Posts
May 13 2013 04:03 GMT
#13
Seriously, you need to think about this. It seems as though you're doing this because its "an easy way out" and not something you want to do
With every great victory, many failures preceded it.
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
May 13 2013 04:14 GMT
#14

Tell me your stories and any suggestions.

A couple of months ago, I went to a club (in Cologne, Germany) with a few friends. One of them is in a wheelchair because of birth complications. So in the club a guy comes to us and starts telling us how much respect he has for my friend in the wheelchair because of all the challenges in life he has to face. Turns out this guy was curently stationed in US base in Rammstein. He then goes on to tell us how he has several close friends who lost limbs in Afghanistan when he was there, too, and how shitty life has become for them. Then he added that at least they survived unlike some other of his buddies that were killed in the war.
Do not join the military and certainly do not join the army! Chances are you'll be shipped overseas as soon as you're done with your basic training.
If you really see no opportunies other than enlisting, make sure you end up somewhere in the middle of nowhere (tending an ICBM in middle-of-nowhere Dakota for example). This would be the best for your mental and physical health.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24698 Posts
May 13 2013 04:17 GMT
#15
On May 13 2013 13:14 ggrrg wrote:
Do not join the military and certainly do not join the army! Chances are you'll be shipped overseas as soon as you're done with your basic training.
If you really see no opportunies other than enlisting, make sure you end up somewhere in the middle of nowhere (tending an ICBM in middle-of-nowhere Dakota for example). This would be the best for your mental and physical health.

While I agree with the general sentiment to try to avoid a situation which places you in extreme danger (assuming you don't actually want this), this advice is kind of misleading. There are many ways to work for the military other than these two extreme scenarios (the latter is not necessarily a good job to have either). As I mentioned earlier the OP really should explain his reasoning for enlisting before we offer any help.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
May 13 2013 04:25 GMT
#16
On May 13 2013 13:14 ggrrg wrote:
Do not join the military and certainly do not join the army! Chances are you'll be shipped overseas as soon as you're done with your basic training.
If you really see no opportunies other than enlisting, make sure you end up somewhere in the middle of nowhere (tending an ICBM in middle-of-nowhere Dakota for example). This would be the best for your mental and physical health.


This isn't true, they aren't sending everyone over, especially with the drawdowns the military is currently going through. You will probably deploy though, but it's not a "good job you finished training now go to Afghanistan next week" type deal. If you don't want to deploy then don't join the Army or the Marine Corps.
UNFUCK YOURSELF
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
May 13 2013 04:32 GMT
#17
On May 13 2013 13:17 micronesia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 13:14 ggrrg wrote:
Do not join the military and certainly do not join the army! Chances are you'll be shipped overseas as soon as you're done with your basic training.
If you really see no opportunies other than enlisting, make sure you end up somewhere in the middle of nowhere (tending an ICBM in middle-of-nowhere Dakota for example). This would be the best for your mental and physical health.

While I agree with the general sentiment to try to avoid a situation which places you in extreme danger (assuming you don't actually want this), this advice is kind of misleading. There are many ways to work for the military other than these two extreme scenarios (the latter is not necessarily a good job to have either). As I mentioned earlier the OP really should explain his reasoning for enlisting before we offer any help.


You're right, but people who think about enlisting should keep in mind those scenarios because they are far from unlikely. From my experience most kids do not take into account what expects them after they enlist. I studied for an year in a US highschool (12th grade) and from the people who graduated with me 4 decided to enlist. 3 went to the army and one joined the navy. The 3 army guys were shipped overseas in less than a year after joining. One of them posted a "RIP" message on facebook not long ago because a friend of his just died in Iraq. The guy in the navy spent the better part of his first 3 (or was it more?) years on a ship.
Sega92
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States467 Posts
May 13 2013 05:26 GMT
#18
I vote marines...also if you want to join the military but dont want to be sent to combat, then just don't join there is no way to be sure where you will be assigned, even if you go navy there is a chance you'll become a corpsman, which are medics for the marines (marines dont train medics) and air force have EOD units, dude if you're unsure your best bet is to just not do it there is nothing worse than finding yourself in a firefight and saying "damn a job at mcdonalds sounds really good right now"
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 05:45:47
May 13 2013 05:44 GMT
#19
I have no problem with being sent out to combat.

There are two reason I was thinking about joining the army.

1. I'm studying bio-chem right now but I don't know what job I want to do. I am at the point were I will have to transfer to a UNI and take higher level courses. This implies that I will have to spend around 45k for an education that I don't know I want and 3 years of my life getting into debt for a career i don't want. I was thinking about just enlisting for 4 years and then going back to school when i get back.

2. The second reason i guess would be my parents and the fact that i want to get a way for a bit. I guess this is kind of a cop out. Ok its a cop out. But If i did enlist I would still be on good relations with my parents.

A big part of it is number 1 and the fact that I don't want to commit to a career choice for something I will regret. Studying pure science is only useful for research which i don't really want to do or for higher education which I don't know what I want to do. Because of my previous education choices i have too many credits at a community college level that only like half of them will transfer and I still have no clue what I want to study.

On May 13 2013 14:26 Sega92 wrote:
I vote marines...also if you want to join the military but dont want to be sent to combat, then just don't join there is no way to be sure where you will be assigned, even if you go navy there is a chance you'll become a corpsman, which are medics for the marines (marines dont train medics) and air force have EOD units, dude if you're unsure your best bet is to just not do it there is nothing worse than finding yourself in a firefight and saying "damn a job at mcdonalds sounds really good right now"


A job at mcDonalds would be across the street. At least I would be in a different part of the world.
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
capu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Finland224 Posts
May 13 2013 07:35 GMT
#20
do what makes you happy. Who is to say a life that ends at 20 yo is any worse than if you die in your own bed at 80? Many old people have lead very boring lives and haven't really ever lived.
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