(01-27-2015, 12:49 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: Or I could always sign away my soul to the military for a few years.
That is always an option. However, it is not for everyone.
I'm from a military family, so when I was at a loss as to what to do out of High School, I enlisted. Scared my mother a bit too, what with the Iraqi War going on.
If I had to do it all again, I would. I learned a lot there, made friends (and got into WoW which, despite my raid gripes, I had fun enough in), and it helped give me skills along with the money for college to learn still more.
However, it's... also a stressful place. I was originally slated as a Linguist and washed out of that because of stress caused by inter-branch rivalries going too far (had some Army sergeants that were ACTIVELY trying to get us Air Force kids kicked out - fresh from Basic too, so I hadn't yet learned I could call them out on their BS). Dealt with Integrity First being replaced with "It's okay as long as you're not caught," and freshly promoted NCOs abusing their authority.
I'm not saying it's all going to be like that but... it's definitely something I wish I had known beforehand. Oh, and that Japanese was an officer-only language, since I had had totally weeaboo'd over the idea of learning Japanese in the military.
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