Why choose/not choose Military?

Question

For those who are serving, have served, are AWOL ect. I have some general questions to get a real idea of the military, not just what a recruiter has to say.

1 What branch?

2 How old were you?

3 What was your MOS (job in the military) and rank?

4 Why did you join?

5 Do you wish you tried something else first?

6 Did you enjoy it?

7 What did you like most?

8 What did you like least?

9 Were those in charge fair to you and others?

10 Did the recruiter lie to you? If so what did he/she lie about?

11 Did you get all the things promised?

12 What would be your advice to anyone looking to join?

If discharged:

13 Did you get all the benefits promised?

14 How is life different now than when you were serving?

Anything else you would like to add, positive/negative thoughts, stories, ect. please do so.

Any questions you don't want to answer you don't have to.

I hope to get as many views as possible so even if it has been a while since this was posted please still leave a comment.

Answer 1

choose what you know you can keep on doing even if not loving it. examine yourself your interests and what you hope to become in the future. whatever you choose, the worst thing is choosing without really thinking it over.

Answer 2

I was in for one term -- three years, Army Signal Corps.

3.  32-D

4.  Read too much science fiction as a teenager.

6.  Army girls -- they're really hot in a rough sort of way.

8.  The spec fours, a bunch of c**k-suckers.

9.  Nope.

10.  No, he didn't lie.  It was my own fault I went in.

11.  No.

12.  Try to find some honest job in industry or anything else but government work.

14.  Now I can quit my job without going to Leavenworth prison.