Joining the US military

I had asked because someone told me we could be in war with S.Korea.

nu885we got what he meant :Dim 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

Actually I'm in the Air Force and I work close with all branch of services. We don't even have to deploy any infantry troops to win since the Air Force and the Navy can flatten North Korean within the first hour.
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Replying to #41

I guess Loonylion is wrong for once :(Anyways we won't go into war with S.Korea since we have troops/forces in their country already in order to support them, nor will be goto war with North Korea because of China. So if you join the military you'll just goto either Iraq or Afghanistan (no Burger King/Korean *special* massage parlors in Afgan *sadface*).

Replying to #42

Why Iraq? I though they were done there. And also didn't Obama say he was pulling troops out next year? What will we do than if we not going anywhere?

Replying to #43

We're still in Iraq, to finish shit up. Obama promised alot of things but hasn't delivered many of them. If we're not at war, you will still be doing training or providing support/defense. There's always something for you to do, since the military have to be in alert 24/7

Replying to #44

Oh.Well about JROTC. What do I earn there? GED or HS Diploma because what I wanna do is join and earn both instead of wait after HS.

How old are you now?You have to be in JROTC for at least 2 years iirc in High School in order to qualify for early promotions. You can enlist while you are still in High School but you won't actually goto basic until the day after you graduate. I believe you can get a GED at be 17 and enlist, but don't quote me on that.

I'm 17. I assume not all School's have that do they?

No not all schools have JROTC. You could goto ROTC in college for 4 years and commission as an officer. Better pay and better career.

Oh, damn more waiting lol.

Tyson,Just go to college, and enlist in the ROTC program. You can earn the ROTC scholarship in which they will pay everything for you.

military... hmm i know someone who'll join it just for a rough escape... but anyway i think civilian life is still a lot better. just opinions >_<

Well when I signed up at the army website I had someone talk to me and I'm still getting info. She said you had to be a junior or senior to be "considered" a high school graduate.

You would need to be a junior or
senior in HS or have your HS diploma or 15 college semester credits, to
be considered a HS grad

So to me that sounds like I don't nescsicarily need a diploma. They did say GED slots were filled. But what I'm trying to do is still try and get my diploma AND somehow work in the service whether if its boot camp, JROTC or whatever.

US military is complicated, whats all these different options? in the UK you can sign up at 15 as long as you have left school/getting close to leaving.

ApocalypticaReserve Officer Training Corps

In highschool, we have C.A.T
In college, ROTC.
But for me, now, nothing. There is no Boy Scout in my school.

msg2009 · #53US military is complicated, whats all these different options? in the UK you can sign up at 15 as long as you have left school/getting close to leaving.

I think it might be similar to military cadets but I'm not sure.