do some people join the military to escape?
474025
My best friend joined the military to earn enough money for college.. sad huh?
124471
no,but media has military scared to fight a war the only true way,without rules.just like a street fight if you fall,i will kick you,not let you get up,and give you a second chance to get in a lucky hit. will not stop until i am sure you are done with any thoughts of continuing the fight.sorry but thats how you win a street fight.
723178
they do know better.. the military lied to me .. i joined.. then left 4 months later.. i had lied to get in.. they told me to do so.. not worth it.. you are better off with a real profession.. ps.. they lie because they must.. we all do the best with what we have.. now that i left the military, i have to explain this to every future employer.. somehow.. something i am struggling with this minute.. i left four years ago.. (ten days ago) bye for now.
832926
A Brit wouldn't..(not a true one)..they would join the British Armed Forces...
12479
they wont come hunt you down, but if you get a ticket they may haul you in.  if you dont do it now they will get you at tax time.  also if you apply for financial aid they will get you that way too.  dont worry the military is downsizing right now anyway.  If there is a full scale war they will take everyone they can.  We dont fight wars like that anymore so just register, you look like a dirtbag if you run.
1010357
You honestly believe that every person who is concerned about terrorism should go out and actually join the military? It's the same as saying if your a good American then you should go out and join! Besides, there are a lot of civilians that do plenty for our country and the war on terrorism. I'm a military wife and believe me, it's not easy. The sacrifices military spouses and military children make makes it possible for our loved ones to do what they need to do for our country. We have to play the role of both parents when the service member is gone. The children miss out on their parent being around. I could go and on. What about all these wonderful people that take the time to really support our troops over there? The ones that send care packages to the troops who they don't even know. Stuff like that is what keeps our service members going. No, you don't have to be on the front-line to fight terrorism. I believe that our military makes the biggest sacrifices of all, but there are plenty of us out there who pull our weight in more ways then one.
758423
YES.  For a while there was a rumor that the Army was taking people that didn't have either, but it was just a rumor.  You can go into the Delayed Enlistment/Entry Program while still in High School, but you have to have a High School Diploma or GED to enlist.
417144
Some were taken to England or America. Those who couldn't escape war areas were sometimes hidden in the open, such as in Catholic schools. Sometimes good people hid them in attics or closets.
735451
I don't.  Why would I?  You volunteer to defend a free society so that people can choose the life they want.  For some, that life is in the military.  For others, it's elsewhere.  Being part of a free society means you acknowledge the validity of other people's choices.  You fight so that they can have that.
862340
Don't join the military if you're unwilling to go to war.  We don't need people like you.
920346
It does, and it did for my husband and a couple of my friends.  One of my friends wasn't even considering it at all until they came to our high school.  It's important that our country has soldiers who are proud to serve, who want that type of life.  My husband enjoyed being in the military, even during war-time.  He had moments when he was a little frightened, but it's a profession to be proud of.
525551
As long as they don't get in the way of military personnel\ngoing about their military duties.
354275
Yes, but I don't see where you'd have time.  There are plenty of regulations that explain how much precedence the military takes ove anything else you happen to have going on.
229318
Absolutly.  Non-Citizens can join the US Armed Forces.  However, their security clearance and job opprotunities will be restricted (I don't think the Navy will let them run nuke reactors on its ships and so on).  They must gain citizenship to be most NCO ranks (I knew one who was an E-5 working on his naturalization) and all officers must be citizens.
798226
Most of us suffer from some for of post traumatic stress disorder.  Especially those who saw combat.  We were programed to kill people and break things to act as police in the most unusual chaos without the training to do it.  I remember being told to suit up in MOPP gear, a chemical weapon suit and learn how to fire so I could continue on with the mission when all I could think of was getting the hell out of the contaminated area.  also taking a life offsets you years after you do it.  Especially the bloody ones or the younger ones.  You usually have no choice but you dwell on it constantly when you get out.  Best solution is to talk with other people who have experienced what you have, don't break any confidences but open up as much as you can.  it has helped me some.
1027205
I admire those that are not mindless zombies ... the few in there capable of thinking for themselves.\n\nBut then, if they were totally capable of thinking for themselves...they wouldn't be in the military. \n\nBasically the military is for low IQ people who cannot get a job anywhere else that requires a thinking creative and individual mind.
227281
Because they are what you say they are, jackasses. When I joined the Army, I had to get a person signed up to get extra rank before I went in. I had a buddy who was going to join but before he was even out of high-school, he got his second drunk driving conviction. The Army now would not take him. But a USMC (U.S. Marine Corps) recruiter went to court with him and off my buddy went to the Marines. So to that Marine vet who answered, "because they are", I believe  you are a retard. And since you joined the Marines, my theory is even more supported. At the end of the day, we are all on the same team, but it's over-proud people like that who give the military in general a bad name. To all of you who are thinking about joining the military, unless your dad was a Marine and would disown you for joining the Army, don't join the Marines. The Army is no cake walk, but your quality of life will be much better in the Army than in the Marines. But as long as you join, you're my brother in my book.