Current Events > What branch of the United States military would/did you consider joining?

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Which branch? This is completely voluntary and of your own volition.
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Whichever one lets me join a cyber warfare division.
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*joins the Mounties*
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In The Army Now.
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Moyai

Phone what you smoking
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Army vet of 4 years. easiest branch to get into, so it has the biggest percentage of idiots. don't do it. try coast guard first, then Navy, then go from there.

moyai
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I joined the Army. Originally plan was the Air Force but picking a specific job is harder with them where as the Army just straight up let me pick. Most people I know who joined the Air Force were more set on just being a part of the air force so they didn't mind that part. Personally I was only interested in a select few jobs
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gbpxl posted...

Army vet of 4 years. easiest branch to get into, so it has the biggest percentage of idiots. don't do it. try coast guard first, then Navy, then go from there.

Straight up fact
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Navy

I almost went in. At my physical I had an ingrown toenail. They told me to get that taken care of and come back. I got it taken care of...but I never went back.
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Chair force tbh
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I was in the Army for 7 years.
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Joined army made it to boot camp and got sent home

Would never consider it.
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My parents would have disowned me if I joined the military

Oddly enough my dad was in the Air Force (I was born on a base) and I now do research for the Army

:^)
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I would, at the very least, need to see war vets taken care of much better before I'd ever consider joining any branch of the armed forces.
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Navy. I like water.

Would, not did.
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I met with a Marine recruiter and an Air Force recruiter in high school, but ultimately decided to just go to college.

MacadamianNut3 posted...

My parents would have disowned me if I joined the military

Oddly enough my dad was in the Air Force (I was born on a base) and I now do research for the Army

:^)

Did your dad not enjoy in the Air Force?
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I'm in the Navy.
Air Force has good opportunities but overall I don't regret my decision.
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I've been in the air force almost 14 years. Started because I had no idea what I wanted to do after school so no point spending a lot of money in college for a plan I don't have. Turned out well for me
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Army, specifically Special Forces

also I don't know why so many people are voting Navy, that often means getting stuck on a ship out in the middle of the ocean cramped into a tiny living space and being super bored.
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wackyteen posted...

gbpxl posted...

Army vet of 4 years. easiest branch to get into, so it has the biggest percentage of idiots. don't do it. try coast guard first, then Navy, then go from there.

Straight up fact

I think that's actually the Marine Corps
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Sativa_Rose posted...

I think that's actually the Marine Corps

Marine Corps eats crayons for sure but by percentage I think Army has the Marine Corps beat

Though I might have bias because I'm in the Army and I see some of the idiots on a daily basis
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I'm in the Army

Sativa_Rose posted...

wackyteen posted...

gbpxl posted...

Army vet of 4 years. easiest branch to get into, so it has the biggest percentage of idiots. don't do it. try coast guard first, then Navy, then go from there.

Straight up fact

I think that's actually the Marine Corps

I don't know I had to go through Army Substance Abuse Program training to be a urinalysis program coordinator and I was the only Sailor in a group of 12 soldiers and ... it was pretty rough man. There was a Major asking about bath salts (he thought it was actually bath salts you buy at bath and body works), there was a girl who worked at an airfield who didn't know what an Osprey was.... like it was just awkward.
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None, but I work as a civilian for one of them.
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Was on the way to become an officer in the Marine corps, but didn't.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

wackyteen posted...

gbpxl posted...

Army vet of 4 years. easiest branch to get into, so it has the biggest percentage of idiots. don't do it. try coast guard first, then Navy, then go from there.

Straight up fact

I think that's actually the Marine Corps

Nah, Marines are a lot of drunks and assholes but for the most part most are pretty smart.
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I've considered Navy, but I'm way out of shape for any branch
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I tried getting a job as a Public Health Officer in the Air Force but I didn't have the right undergrad background. Who the fuck cares about my undergrad when I have the grad degree they wanted!? (The Air Force, I guess).
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

Whichever one lets me join a cyber warfare division.

air force
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wackyteen posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

I think that's actually the Marine Corps

Marine Corps eats crayons for sure but by percentage I think Army has the Marine Corps beat

Though I might have bias because I'm in the Army and I see some of the idiots on a daily basis

dude
marines are called Jarheads for a reason
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I would never join the military.
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I unwittingly applied to the Navy's Nuclear program, not realizing I was actually attempting to enlist in the military. Things went south the moment I brought up my medical issues. Thank God for my issues covering for my ignorance.
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air force or navy if I had to pick
I wouldn't join the army or marines, but if I had to pick one of those then army
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Sad_Face posted...

I unwittingly applied to the Navy's Nuclear program, not realizing I was actually attempting to enlist in the military. Things went south the moment I brought up my medical issues. Thank God for my issues covering for my ignorance.

i mean its not like you're obligated to anything until you sign the contract
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Hexenherz posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

wackyteen posted...

gbpxl posted...

Army vet of 4 years. easiest branch to get into, so it has the biggest percentage of idiots. don't do it. try coast guard first, then Navy, then go from there.

Straight up fact

I think that's actually the Marine Corps

I don't know I had to go through Army Substance Abuse Program training to be a urinalysis program coordinator and I was the only Sailor in a group of 12 soldiers and ... it was pretty rough man. There was a Major asking about bath salts (he thought it was actually bath salts you buy at bath and body works), there was a girl who worked at an airfield who didn't know what an Osprey was.... like it was just awkward.

To be fair, the Army doesn't have any Ospreys.

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Sad_Face posted...

I unwittingly applied to the Navy's Nuclear program, not realizing I was actually attempting to enlist in the military. Things went south the moment I brought up my medical issues. Thank God for my issues covering for my ignorance.

i mean its not like you're obligated to anything until you sign the contract

But desperation to find some meaningful progression in your life mixed with pressure from every family member that gets in contact with you to find a job and not be a bum is not a good combination.
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I was in Air Force rotc in high school for 3 years, so prolly that one
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Sad_Face posted...

But desperation to find some meaningful progression in your life mixed with pressure from every family member that gets in contact with you to find a job and not be a bum is not a good combination.

True
Also all the wrong reasons to join
There are so many other things you could do other than join the military to resolve those things
even without considering your medical issues tbh
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If it came down to it, Navy corpsman.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

Whichever one lets me join a cyber warfare division.

air force

or Navy.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Sad_Face posted...

I unwittingly applied to the Navy's Nuclear program, not realizing I was actually attempting to enlist in the military. Things went south the moment I brought up my medical issues. Thank God for my issues covering for my ignorance.

i mean its not like you're obligated to anything until you sign the contract

Even once you sign the contract you can back out at any time before getting on the bus/plane to boot camp. And even then you can get an administrative discharge in the first year for failing to adapt :\
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Sad_Face posted...

But desperation to find some meaningful progression in your life mixed with pressure from every family member that gets in contact with you to find a job and not be a bum is not a good combination.

True
Also all the wrong reasons to join
There are so many other things you could do other than join the military to resolve those things
even without considering your medical issues tbh

I don't know what those other things are and here's an opportunity to use my degree right at my doorsteps. Again, coupled with what I previously said, I would have willingly gone through it and been miserable all the way through.
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get a skill mane learn plumbing get your plumbing license i don't know learn data entry
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I'd want to be in the 82nd
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Sad_Face posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Sad_Face posted...

But desperation to find some meaningful progression in your life mixed with pressure from every family member that gets in contact with you to find a job and not be a bum is not a good combination.

True
Also all the wrong reasons to join
There are so many other things you could do other than join the military to resolve those things
even without considering your medical issues tbh

I don't know what those other things are and here's an opportunity to use my degree right at my doorsteps. Again, coupled with what I previously said, I would have willingly gone through it and been miserable all the way through.

I was going to ask why you think you would have been miserable since you didn't actually make it there and don't know what it's like at all. But then again you said you were going to be a nuclear machinist's mate so yeah you probably would have hated it rofl.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

get a skill mane learn plumbing get your plumbing license i don't know learn data entry

See, spitballing ideas like this isn't going to convince anyone, especially when it pertains to career choices. In any case, I took up cooking because I enjoy learning in the kitchen, I was good at it, and rose up the ranks super quickly (dishwashing to prep cooking to a line cook in about 6 months), but all my family members and friends told me to quit and get a real job the entire time I was in the industry. In the end, I quit due to my problems with the management, and now I work for the government, miserably making far more than I've ever had in my life.

Hexenherz posted...

I was going to ask why you think you would have been miserable since you didn't actually make it there and don't know what it's like at all. But then again you said you were going to be a nuclear machinist's mate so yeah you probably would have hated it rofl.

I took a Nuclear Science course, as nice as my professor was, I was so bored. I was so. Stinkin'. BORED. The thing is, Physics as a whole, no matter how much I tried to delude myself, I don't care for it. Give me a paper to read, and I'll get halfway through the abstract and consider that enough Physics for one week. Yeah, optics is cool, but I will not care to read a paper on building optical tweezers to isolate and manipulate a molecule with light. Yes, Raman Spectroscopy is cool but I will not read the specifics of shooting light to a material learning the identity just on the energy of the photons released from the material. Just give me something to code or build and then I'll look up what I need to learn to get it done. But leisure reading in the field, I can't do it. Hence why Gradschool is not an option for me.
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Not military, but I would like to be a field agent for the CIA.
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