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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: on the run
Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09
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this is simply my explanation for myself. as i said I wanted to blow things up. only one way to do that in AF. Fly jets. if you can't fly jets you are a support person. you can work on planes or guard planes, or feed pilots, but overall, the guys that ARE the Air Force fly jets.
they do have very nice barracks. Very comfy jobs, seldom go to the field, if ever. believe I took a lot of razzing from friends who were AF when I had to spend 30 days in the field while they went to work every day and came home. you have to decide what kind of person you are. recruiters will all tell you that you are perfect for their team. as i said i recommended my older son go AF. I knew he wouldn't like the field, the running, the Army basically. He hated it, not sure why he didn't do AF except because I said he should. LOL personally I think your reason for joining is completely wrong but that's a different discussion. your GF gets pregnant so you want to sign up for a job that may cost you your life? may take you on extended tour away from home. Wives aren't always allowed and no military force cares if you're married. yes there is a steady paycheck and a secure job BUT no one gives you that without a great risk of sacrifice. Make sure you can afford the "real" price you may have to pay for that check. My son is 100% disabled for life. it can happen. |
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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: on the run
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Virtual Machine
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: PA
Moto: 2010 Ducati Hypermotard
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We had a cav battalion in my brigade. Lost the most guys.
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This is not the sig line.
Join Date: Dec 2008
Moto: Be prepared. What? Oh, *moto*...
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I've answered to Army officers throughout my career, though I was enlisted in the Marine Corps and the Navy (the Army is too fucking big to avoid them). There are too goddamn many officers in general who very obviously joined for the wrong fucking reasons and never once stopped to consider the fact that they might be leading men in war. The Army and Marine Corps are the absolute wrong services to blunder in to a leadership position half-cocked, and apparently officer training doesn't do much in terms of teaching leadership traits to those who don't already have them. If you're just looking for a job, join the Air Force. Maybe the Navy, though the benefits are absolutely better in the Air Force. For instance, they get extra pay for staying in other services' barracks because they consider it sub-standard housing. If you want to be where the buck stops, if you want to be responsible for the action and lives of 30 people or more right out the gate, then be an Army officer. If you think you can put the needs of your men ahead of your own needs, but above all put the mission first, be an Army officer. Otherwise, as a favor to every enlisted man in the country, since apparently we can't keep from answering to the Army in one shape or form, stay the fuck out.
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
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If you're gonna go Army or Marines, I suggest you play Modern Warfare 1 & 2 as they are the most realistic simulators. These two games have trained thousands of "potential" males into war machines. I never leave home without my copies.
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RIP REX
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
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I always wondered the ratio of people that actually want to be in the military and others that don't. You can't always blame them. A person gets all hyped up about joining because of what a recruiter tells them or maybe their already enlisted friend or the pressure from other relatives serving. But yes, I'm sure they're are a lot that should have never even thought about joining. |
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Keyboard Racer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mile High City
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I went to college on the GI Bill and got a great job with the Govt. doing stuff you can't do anywhere else. Why not look there: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
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