Thread: Military

Originally Posted by fried chicken

if you have a choice to do anything other then military service I would go for it. The military is great for young people who need guidance in life. I would not recommend it as a career builder.

...What is your explanation behind this? Do you think everyone in the military is some kind of misguided misfit? What about the people that do make a career out of it? Just a bunch of crazies, right? General Patraeus must just be in it for the guidance... Former Captain John McCain retired from the Navy, but he must have just been in it for the guidance... Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney McKinley, just another misguided punk, right? My father, a Master Sergeant. Providing for my family with his paycheck from the military for my entire life and then some. My grandfather, retired Chief Petty Officer, provided a healthy life for HIS family for THEIR entire lives with his paycheck for the military. I plan on doing the same. But we're all just misguided... Right? The fact that I grew up in an awesome environment with plenty of food, a place to sleep at night, in a great, safe neighborhood must mean that the military is a bad career choice, right?

Honestly, where do you get off saying that? Have you ever served in the military? It is a GREAT career builder, and like FM said, if you aren't a fuck up, its a constant paycheck. I didn't feel as if I needed guidance when I enlisted;Ii knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. And now I get to do what I want to do, and have the pride of serving my country and getting to wear the uniform at the same time.