is joining the army worth it nowadaysmy family has a long history in the military and i've always considered it as a career option if things went south (and they kind of are, or rather I don't feel i have a lot of other paths in life with secondary education that interest me at all). former vets or currently serving appreciated.
yes, but only if you are physically incapable of seeing yourself in any other job
>>34773040They are but not as a permanent thing, just do your contract in a good mos that will get you well paying work after you are done with it, and do your school while in it.By the time you get out of the five years you should be coming out with very good and stable finances, degree/certifications to a good paying field and work experience to be easy to hire.Don't be a moron and join for le honour or le brotherhood, at the end of the day its a place full of rejects and minorities, make some friends have some fun but don't live like there is no tomorrow, just use it to get your life in order and get the fuck out.Not a vet, just lived in a military town for a bit.
>>34774291Oh an also get as much benefits as possible, I knew so many dudes healthy and fit still getting shit tons of money from the VA just because they recorded all their injuries while in service.I still don't know why they hung around the US, if I was getting those benefits I would be out in SA or in Asia somewhere having the time of my life.
>>34773040yeah but go a non combat role and be careful about fucking up your body in it huffing 200 pounds or inhaling gasoline fumes all day. Be careful with your money and the women in the force because a lot of people get retarded crazy with both after basic training.try for chair force, space chair force, or coast guard. if you're gonna stay in one for a career do coast guard. highest retention rate in military by far.if you want to stay in your state look at chair guard.if your life is a mess and you dont know what to do military will help prioritize what you want out of life (partially because you will hate your life at times in it but suffering makes us better people). i chose a relationship over military and regret not doing it.my buddy did his years and now is making bank fixing planes as a civilian. bought a house. has a kid. and only just reached 30. think about what may translate to a career outside the military if you want money from it.
>>34773040>is joining the army worth itNo.> nowadaysIt never was.
I don't want my kids working the most important youthful years of their lives for an employer who can get them killed. Or only get them killed, but could figure it was in their best interests to get my child killed to accomplish a goal. In the old days those goals were winning world wars. Now it's getting American kids killed spreading feminism to Afghanistan or defending foreign countries like Israel. Piss on that. Piss on all of that. They take our children for granted. I'd rather have my kids in a psych ward than the military. My cousin went to hvac work. Does well for himself. Another got a job in a bank and is actually doing well for himself. Another sprays insulation for his construction job. They're all doing fine. Nobody is shooting at them while they hand out feminism pamphlets in Afghani
>>34773040You cannot possibly be fucking serious, anon. Now is the worst possible time, considering they’re just about to go to war in the Middle East.Also, I highly doubt that your family had any actual history in the military. My family actually does and not a single person would tell me to be a part of it at this time. Imagine joining the fucking MILITARY and then getting told a woman is your boss and you can’t hurt her feelings.My dad retired from the Army a Lt. Colonel and here’s a quote from him “enlisting is fatherless behavior”. If you can’t afford officer school then you’re a fucking moron for even beginning to consider this.
>>34773040I don't know your life so I can't make an informed comment but I'll say this:Joining the military is one of the least ethical and moral things you could possibly do. Even in a non-combat role, you're making yourself a cog in the machine of global terror and even better, a meat shield for the IDF. Seriously, get an apprenticeship doing a trade, get good at making coffee, learn to work in a laboratory or anything else. The army isn't the only place you can develop comradery.
>>34773040Being in the military is not worth it. There's a reason military recruitment is falling across the developed world, because the moment you have any other option, the opportunity cost of being in the military makes serving redundant.>Ill just not go into the frontlineRecruiting for non combat roles is limited because those are the ones where people don't immediately begin planning their exit if they have a lick of sense. Even if they promise to put you in a non-combat vocation they make you pick a bunch out of a list as a recommendation because if there arent enough bodies at the front they want the option of shunting your ass next in line. Even for combat support vocations, you're working around passive dangers like heavy machinery or chemicals that go into said machinery that will still fuck you up.>But-but-benefitsGet an education and get a job. As long as you aren't retarded you can get a job that pays better than being in the military that doesn't actively fuck you over. The benefits and pay are terrible anyway. >Having a mission/meaning etc etcIf you fall for this you're retarded. Someone needs to wipe the country's ass and this is what we tell the short bus kids so that we can pay them less to do it.That being said, given that you're even considering it, you might just belong in a body bag on its way back from Iran in two years. Give it a go OP
>is it worth giving your life for your country probs not, but some do make it out in functional condition>sign up nowwe're already in ww3, and those at the bottom of the hierarchy are the first to get crushedI wouldn't roll those loaded dice
Circus here. Ask your Da'I wouldn't enlist, and this is just because of the poor working conditions, industrial issues, value of military training. You would be better advised to support the military in a civilian capacity as a technician, social worker, or in small business.
>>34773040Join the fire department.Basically the same thing but seen as more attractive and you’re not required to die for you know what.
>22 hours later and op still hasnt replied to anyoneyou're speaking to the void anons
