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Originally Posted by TFord
You have to know what you enjoy doing, and what you want to do after your military career has ended. The last thing you want is to be stuck doing something you hate, wating untill your enlistment is up. I loved my Rate in the Navy, I knew going in that I loved working with my hands, and I have a natural knack for learning lots of things fast. I was a Missile Technican, I worked with Pneumatic, hydraulics, environmental control, Computers, electronics, high explosives, and had to specialize in security/weapons. So for me I was in heaven minus all the red tape associated with nuclear weapons. Id be inside a nuc for 8+ hours and enjoying myself, but the guy next to me is living in his own personal hell. Then when I had to get out the navy I was so marketable, with so many certs, on so many systems I landed a job thats nearly just as great.
With the amount of military people here, when you narrow down what you want to do ask plenty of questions to find out what the job really is about.
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Thanks. See I would love to do something like that. My only issue is that while i can pick thing up easily if i don't use it at least routinely for a few weeks after i learn it, it's gone. I think i'll go talk to the recruiters sometime next week so i can weigh my options.
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Originally Posted by Jamie Mac
Sorry to disagree with you but your primary duty WILL be defending your country. With luck you would never have to do it but it is your primary duty. So when you get orders to go to some far off third world dungheap as many before you have remember that. If not you will just be bitching that you didn't sign up for this you just wanted a free education. If thats your attitude and goal then go apply for some grants and go to college or tech school while others make sure you have the freedom to do so.
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I'm pretty aware of what may happen if i were to enlist. And i'm not one to bitch about things. I understand what you're trying to get across, and I feel pretty confident in saying that it doesn't apply to me. Thanks for keeping it real though.
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Originally Posted by shnomac77
Okay you sound a little bitter. How can you tell someone why THEY joined the military. I know many of guys who joined for the education that is provided IN the military and not the GI Bill. The guys that are here for the education are no different than anyone else. Everybody has their own reason for joining.
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That's precisely why i'm considering joining.