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A very close personal friend who when all else failed, joined the Army reserves. He said he's never met a dumber bunch if kids in boot camp.
The difference between joining the military and a lot of "normal" jobs is that when you get out of boot camp, and into the field the people actually learn a trade and can use it for the rest of their lives.
Pretty decent last resort. Pays for between 60% and 100% of college tuition as long as you pass the class, offers steady income, gives troubled people some needed structure and in most cases is a life long journey with a nice rate of success.
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Sure the army can be a ticket to higher education, but some pay a high price.
While there's no denying the armed forces do attract some less than stellar candidates, it's unfair to paint them all with the same brush.
he just wants to do the training..he graduated NAU with a 4.0,but can't find a job in organic chemistry..
A guy I went to high school with joined the Canadian military to fly F/18's. He needed his masters before he even could join the program with no guarantee he'd ever get near one.
I on the other hand went through boot camp in '87/88. Won't say that I met any Rhodes Scholars there, but they came from all walks of life and levels of education or capability.
I do agree comparing a grunt to an intelligence officer or fighter pilot are worlds apart. yes, they teach a trade and if you can handle all the moving around and not get killed in another country, your benifits are second to none.
A Red Hot Chili Peppers song "join the Army if you fail".
I place technically skilled military folks all over the country when they get out of the service. All branches of the military have become extremely technical and require a lot of smart folks to keep all the systems going.... American industry wants veterans badly not just for their tangible skills but also for their soft skills..come to work on time, take pride in their work, drug free, how to deal with all types of people, said goodbye to their families for months at a time. There's not many people who were in the military that weren't called in the middle of the night and told get to work and fix so and so by zero 8 or the world will be knocked off its axis...you just did it...
I was being sarcastic , saying we are fighting the wrong war in the wrong country .
I left the Navy smarter than I was when I joined, and it had nothing to do with training or schools. It had everything to do with the experiences I shared with the "18 - 25 year old blockheads" I worked with. If you can't take some sort of lesson from everyone you meet, then maybe you're the blockhead.
One other thing to keep in mind: For every one intel/fighter pilot and grunt officer, there are a slew of enlisted folks (blockheads?) making him/her look good.
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