What should i expect from the air-force or navy?

Question

I've been in USA for 3 years its been a rough road for me my step dad used to be in the marines hes been really strict to me. i was wondering if im good enough?i wanna prove my step dad wrong hes always been discouraging me saying that im gonna last there and im not good enough. what do i need to do to get ready from it?

Answer 1

Joining the Air Force, Navy or any other military branch just to prove someone wrong is not a good enough reason to join IMO. But if you want to join because you might enjoy what you are doing, just get in shape physically and mentally.

Answer 2

If you have the will and the drive to succeed...you will.  Just stick with it and remember that a lot of other scared teenagers went through boot camp and made it too.   Prove your step-dad wrong and go for it.

Answer 3

I believe you shouldn't join to prove anything to anyone but yourself.

I am active duty in the Navy for over three years now. There are major pros and cons to joining the military, and you may find that if you join to prove something to your step dad, the negatives outweigh the positives.

In order to remedy the situation, I suggest you find something you are good at, or go to school first before you make a multiple year commitment to an organization where you don't know well what you are expecting.

I am sure you are good enough for the military. There are people that are in the Navy that I have seen for 15+ years as an E-6 (not very ambitious people in other words) and you talk to them and find out that they don't have any big goals set up for themselves in the future. Almost anyone can get into the military.

But if you are really set upon joining becase you are aware of the commitments, obligations, mental/physical stress it will bring, then I recommend getting into shape now, looking at the different jobs that are in the branch of the armed forces you plan to join, and preparing to shut down your mind for the next few years. If you are really set on it, I would however recommend that you join the reserves first. There you will attend boot camp, get a job, but you aren't active duty and it isn't your day to day life.

This is my opinion after a few years active duty. If I had the choice, I would have went into the reserves first, or taken up a much shorter active duty contract.