Joining the US military

ace1o1Yeah.They're just a bunch of dicks like the rest of the army upper ranks.
I know they act like that to break you and change the way you think...but I hate people treating me like an idiot like Apo said.I never tried it.

Military officers don't act that way. Not in real life. Shame if some did, which rarely is the case.If ever anyone here plans to enter the military, get in as a Reserve Officer. It'll take you places more than the Enlisted Personnel programs. More work though, but better rewards.

I loved the army it was great.
Don't join a shitty regiment like infantry, thats where all the guys are that just want to get drunk and fight and dont take it serious, a lot are only there because they can't get a job. The best soldiers ive seen were the royal marines, they made our infantry look like little boys. Aim high, go for the best regiments and make a career.

ReiderBoot camp fucking sucks. There's really no way to prepare for just how bad they're going to fuck with you.The physical aspect is probably the easiest part of it. The hard part is keeping yourself from going nuts and doing something stupid. You wouldn't believe the shit some of the people I met there did. =/If you're going to go for it, the only advice I can offer you is to memorize the reporting statement and for the love of god, try to blend in so you don't have them on your ass constantly. You don't want to be the guy that sticks out whether it's the good sort or the bad sort because they're going to do whatever it takes to destroy you mentally in those cases.

The chinese have a saying for that: The nail that sticks out, gets hammered down.I can only speak of the Dutch airforce and the higher education you have the higher in rank you can get. All I can say is that it formed me into the man I am today. Absolutely no regrets or doubts about that decision to join the airforce.

Thanks all.

PeteyDon't listen to Reider.Boot camp was fun.You will need either a HS diploma or a GED equivalent to enlist in the military. If you want to enlist at 17, you can but will need parental consent and you won't ship out for basic training until AFTER you receive your diploma. Being in the JROTC program in High School will allow you to enlist at the rank of E-3 for the Air Force (not too sure about other services).I'm active duty military, so if you have any questions on any aspect of military life ask away.

So I can do this program in High School? How will that go about?

my recruiter sucked balls man, and just about every military person around my area are a bunch of pussies, no seriously i went to school with 90% of them and i swear the only reason they joined was so they could look cool when they came back.../fail... dont do it unless you're serious. ive lost 2 close friends in iraq, the only friend i have left in the military now is a satellite technician in south korea . like the other people in this thread said. make a career out of it dont just do the minimum

Replying to #25

Yeah I'll keep that in mind. By the way are we going to end up in war with South Korea?

Replying to #26

entirely possible, it depends what north korea does primarily.

Replying to #27

Shit that could be bad considering they have nukes. It's the Cold War all over again.

the difference is north korea wouldnt stand a chance. it would be them against most of the rest of the world. They might have one of the largest armies in the world but their equipment is cold war era.

yea im betting even if north korea tried to launch a nuke it would malfuction before it hit the air. i'd be more worried about another plane getting hijacked before they could even launch a military assault on anyone

Replying to #30

The same could be said of US ones.

true, our nukes are hollow and probably filled with candy.. with the fund money used to make them put into a new presidential golf course

Loonylion · #27entirely possible, it depends what north korea does primarily.

I hope you read it wrong, because we are allies with South Korea.

Loonylion · #31The same could be said of US ones.

Not sure if you are American or know anything about our military, but we would obliterate North Korea if we do goto war.

tyson_rss · #26Yeah I'll keep that in mind. By the way are we going to end up in war with South Korea?

Don't listen to that guy as well, 99% of the people that joined to "look cool" ends up washing out in boot camp. You don't have to necessarily have to make a career out of it. I've been in for 4 years now and I'm probably getting out in 2-3 years. I served my time and I'll be using the skillset the military taught me in the civilian world. It's been a great experience for me so far and I have deployed before.

Replying to #33

'in war with south korea' i.e in a war alongside south korea, as an ally. North korea is the only country s.k is likely to go to war against, and it is overwhelmingly likely that said war would be started by n.k. So no, I didn't read it wrong.

Replying to #33

I said that a few posts up. the fact that US nukes are likely to malfunction before reaching their target has little bearing on the preparedness of the rest of their military.

You are insisting the chances of US nukes malfunctioning is on par with NK nukes, which is a joke.

NK nukes are old technology, US nukes are badly built and engineered. So yes, it probably is about par. Just not for the same reason.

Troll alert.

Loonylion · #36NK nukes are old technology, US nukes are badly built and engineered. So yes, it probably is about par. Just not for the same reason.

Christopher Metsos, is that you?

Petey · #33I hope you read it wrong, because we are allies with South Korea.

we got what he meant :D

Petey · #33Not sure if you are American or know anything about our military, but we would obliterate North Korea if we do goto war

im pretty sure we'd win but it wouldnt be an obliteration. you're in the army you should know how broke we are.. we'd be lucky to be able to deploy 10k troops before the planes ran outta gas. we'd be stupid to enter a war with north korea while being in iraq.our technology wins but our funds /fail

its not a question of who would win at all. Its a question of how much damage the north can do before the US/NATO can get sufficient reinforcements into the area to defeat them.