The Army????

ratamahatta

ratamahatta

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hey guys I'm thinking of joining the army...What are the positive aspects of it???? thanks
 
Really good looking, athletic, aggressive women.

Get to play with cool toys for free. Discipline, structure, and heightened sense of purpose in your life.
 
Well I have been in for 17 years, a few good things about it are

1. 20 Year Retirement then you can do something else.
2. Travel, I have lived in Hawaii, New York, Texas, and have been in about 10 countries
3. Free medical care
4. Get to play with cool toys and get some good training
5. Good Pay ( I am a SFC/E-7) with my pay and benefits all comes to about $80,000.00 a year.
6. Get to know alot of different people and races.
7. Get paid to stay in shape, Physical training is part of the work day!
8. When my wife gave birth to both of my Children cost to me was 0 dollars.
9. get to go camping alot!
10. Its a job, lots of long days and hard work but damn glad I did it!
11. learn respect for those old Vets out there that paid more than I did.
12. Get to go to Iraq and Afghanistan (I did both).


RickJ
 
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I joined the Army in 1997 spent two years in a tank platoon. They decided to send me to West Point and now I'm a company commander. My two oldest brothers have college debt. I do not. I don't ever have to worry about getting a job now. If you join and stay in until you are an E-6 then you will have a lot better chance getting a job regardless of what your MOS is. Companies like the leadership that the military teaches people. I say go for. At the very least it is always best to look back and regrete doing something then to look back say what if. That's my two cents.
 
The good news is that after boot camp you will never have to prove anything to anyone ever again, the bad news is taht you will first have to prove it to your Drill sargent
 
The good news is that after boot camp you will never have to prove anything to anyone ever again, the bad news is that you will first have to prove it to your Drill sargent
 
they say that in the Army the women are mighty fine, look like Phillis Diller and walk like Frankenstien, Jump School- More PT Drill Sargent More PT
 
the oportuity to serve the greatest country on the face of the earth, what else needs to be said?
 
I was in your shoes 8 years ago. Do it. You won't change per se... you'll just become a better version of who you are now.


Oh yeah... go 11 series :D
 
you'll never have to think??!
just like you'll be automatically fed and clothed.
great! that's settled then, you'll never have to decide what to eat or wear.
and also save a fair bit not being in charge of your daily life.
Up to the challenged to improve your outlook in life?
the army will help you to be smarter once when you show keen interest in remembering what you have read.
get educated in the army.
it's a solid plan.
 
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hank,

Yes, if your ASVABS aren't good enough to get into the AF, Navy, or Marines (in that order), then go into the Army. (Poke, poke... jab, jab... rib, rib...;);):D:p:p)
 
hey... I had an ASVAB of 94 :p
 
I was title 32 Active Duty as a Readiness NCO for an Army National Guard unit. Medicalled out at 16 1/2 years after being selected for E8/MSG :barf:

If nothing else you'll figure out what you really want to do. There's nothing like sitting on a flight line, assembly area, track park or on duty in a dump of a country in sandstorm/intense heat or snowstorm/intense cold to clarify your future plans.

The Army has some little talked about but good programs to get you ahead of the game. eArmyU is a internet based college degree program that has around 200+ degree programs from about 100 universities, and these aren't no-name diploma mills either. The Army has the West Point Prep program where you can attend West Point, course you got to learn to wear that big ole ring. :p

If you become an NCO you'll learn to plan, teach and lead people. This pays off big in the civilian world. You'll learn to be a leader. A lot of civilian employers are tired of managers, they want leaders.

A few other intangible things: like never having to make an excuse about how YOU didn't serve your country when speaking with veterans. It's hard to be miserable when you've been dealt with by professional misery makers.

There are millions of opportunities in the military, I always told my Soldiers to never leave the Army saying "I wish." Never say "I wish I went to Jump School or I wish I did this or that."

I miss my Soldiers. I sometimes miss the Army.

Oh yeah.. ASVABs... :p I was the force protection NCOIC for a convoy support center in Croatia during IFOR. One of the maintenance guys piped up and said "I coulda been a Grunt." I replied with "I coulda repaired crap" I tossed him the huge Infantry ARTEP manual told him to memorize it because you can't pull it out when had a problem.
 
Fun, travel, adventure. Very popular slogan during the Vietnam era.

Actually, it paid for 5 years of college (a BA and most of an MS) with the GI Bill.
 
I was in from 1964-1967. That army no longer exists, and good riddance.

The "peacetime" army is a whole different story from the practical, well-trained forces of today.
 
There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way ;)
 
When I went to Jump School they put razors in our boots and we used barb wire for shroud lines :p These new guys don't know how easy they have it.

Everyone is a member of the last hard class. ;)
 
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