haha. thanks for that! i suck at making decisions.

That's what I thought 38 years ago.

thats what im thinking. i think i would really get my **** together for once and walk out with a good chunk of change and the paramedic training i need!

plus i think it might be a little fun as well. i know. its nuts, but im serious. i have never been a big school guy and loved the physical aspects of my jobs. its just the time commitment that scares me but hey, im done second guessing. i think im gonna do this... but i will need a good pen pal...

Please Krupa, call me Ashley.
Renee is my middle name, haha.




Alright, I made your decision for you ... you're going to enlist in the AirForce if you're going to enlist.

excellent

But it had to have SOME level of safeness .. you're here now.

It's cool Ashley.....(My sister's name is Renee' so I just went with that one)

Like I said guys...just check your options...recruitment is down and the recruiters are desperate.....

Take your time. Use your head. This can work out nicely for you. Just focus on trying to keep your @ss out of the line of fire.

I was lucky.

Good luck in your decision, and will definitely want updates you spunky thing you~~

Yeah, keep your @ss out of the line of fire.
Got it, boy? =P

There are so many fields once you get into a branch, though.
This guy I know joined the AirForce but he's a mechanic ... no danger whatsoever.

From the little that you have revealed about yourself in this thread I would not recommend you going to military service.
The one absolute is you have to have the personality that you can totally submit to command authority no matter how senseless you might think it is. If you have a low frusteration tolerance you will be in melt down and then add being put out as yet another strike against you.
What the recruiter tells you is about as close to the truth as a whore telling you she is a virgin. The facts are once you sign the dotted line you are GI Government Issue (Property) and you cease to exist for any other purpose. They will use you as they please. Say what you want about a contract; you can't sue the military. All they will tell you when you want the training you sign up for is either you have washed out in that program or they will offer it later. You will STILL have to go through a civilian training and certification to qualify for outside employment and if you are over 34 when they finally let go of you You can forget it. That many municipalities do not want to hld your job open when you are repeatedly called back up it can actually be harder to find that kind of employment.
If you are extreamly smart, have excellent focus, and can work chroniclly sleep deprived, and don't mind your personal dreams being put on hold for maybe the next twenty years you can advance in rank and pay but the only way you will break even is if you remain single and live in the barracks. With more and more military houseing being sold off or condemed you may not have a choice in paying HUGE houseing costs to live within the restricted distance that is allowed.
If you have drug or alcohol problems they are most likely going to get a LOT worse because they are readily available night and day. Sometimes more so than running water. However when you crash and burn as a GI that means prison where ever you get busted and career over. If you have a mental breakdown you can count on courtmartial being more likely than treatment. Treatment modalities are nortoriously out of date. When they chapter you out they will stick you in a local state mental hospital and they will turn you to the street. The number of Homeless vets is a national disgrace but the public is totally unsympathetic toward spending more money to "fix" you. The lines for treatment at a VA facility are long and they are not going to give you a disability check for anything drug or alcohol related or amplified.
What few people talk about is the number of military members that end up severly injured in training or assaults from other military members. If you are not a "people" person and can not build alliances quickly and repeatedly you can count on being on the bottom of the pecking order.
It is nearly impossible to maintain friendships and family ties as a service member. You will not get home for holidays, birthdays, marriages, births, or deaths. They will make a big hoo-do about telling you how you can read to your kid over the computer but the reality is you won't see them but they will take child support out of your check and any other debt you run up regardless if you are left penniless. The divorce rate is very high as spouses get tired of the problems and absences and readily available substitutes.
If you are extreamly mentally tough, in excellent physical health, and don't need a lot of external validation go for it but don't go because you think it is romantic because it isn't.

You'd like to think so. But one of the first things they aim the rockets and mortars at is the airplanes.

From the little that you have revealed about yourself in this thread I would not recommend you going to military service.
The one absolute is you have to have the personality that you can totally submit to command authority no matter how senseless you might think it is. If you have a low frusteration tolerance you will be in melt down and then add being put out as yet another strike against you.
What the recruiter tells you is about as close to the truth as a whore telling you she is a virgin. The facts are once you sign the dotted line you are GI Government Issue (Property) and you cease to exist for any other purpose. They will use you as they please. Say what you want about a contract; you can't sue the military. All they will tell you when you want the training you sign up for is either you have washed out in that program or they will offer it later. You will STILL have to go through a civilian training and certification to qualify for outside employment and if you are over 34 when they finally let go of you You can forget it. That many municipalities do not want to hld your job open when you are repeatedly called back up it can actually be harder to find that kind of employment.
If you are extreamly smart, have excellent focus, and can work chroniclly sleep deprived, and don't mind your personal dreams being put on hold for maybe the next twenty years you can advance in rank and pay but the only way you will break even is if you remain single and live in the barracks. With more and more military houseing being sold off or condemed you may not have a choice in paying HUGE houseing costs to live within the restricted distance that is allowed.
If you have drug or alcohol problems they are most likely going to get a LOT worse because they are readily available night and day. Sometimes more so than running water. However when you crash and burn as a GI that means prison where ever you get busted and career over. If you have a mental breakdown you can count on courtmartial being more likely than treatment. Treatment modalities are nortoriously out of date. When they chapter you out they will stick you in a local state mental hospital and they will turn you to the street. The number of Homeless vets is a national disgrace but the public is totally unsympathetic toward spending more money to "fix" you. The lines for treatment at a VA facility are long and they are not going to give you a disability check for anything drug or alcohol related or amplified.
What few people talk about is the number of military members that end up severly injured in training or assaults from other military members. If you are not a "people" person and can not build alliances quickly and repeatedly you can count on being on the bottom of the pecking order.
It is nearly impossible to maintain friendships and family ties as a service member. You will not get home for holidays, birthdays, marriages, births, or deaths. They will make a big hoo-do about telling you how you can read to your kid over the computer but the reality is you won't see them but they will take child support out of your check and any other debt you run up regardless if you are left penniless. The divorce rate is very high as spouses get tired of the problems and absences and readily available substitutes.
If you are extreamly mentally tough, in excellent physical health, and don't need a lot of external validation go for it but don't go because you think it is romantic because it isn't.

My dad was a mechanic in the army and his best friend was a mechanic in the air force. Both ended up in Vietnam and only my dad made it out.