If you support the WAR and you are of enlisting age shouldn't you join?
612956
I can't coz i'm deaf.
955112
Why don't you enlist?
48951
you are not registering for military service that is completely different, what every man 18 years of age has to register for is the selective service.\nbig difference.\ngo to your local post office and they can square you away.
668534
Anyone who chooses to join for genuine defense of their country (eg. World War II) I have no problem with.  People who blindly obey and take part in objectionable acts (regardless of the person's opinion of them) I openly criticize.  \n\nThe British doctor who refused to serve in Iraq, the US soldiers who refuse to return to Iraq, the US general at Guantanamo who told the prisoners their rights under the Geneva Conventions are heroic and deserve the public's support.  "I was only following orders" wasn't a good enough excuse 60 years ago, so why should it be good enough now?\n\nThose who are uninformed, uneducated, or simply uninvolved should not join until they know right from wrong.  \n\nThose who disagree with their military have a duty to be a conscientious objector, and be willing to face punishment by a corrupt command structure if necessary.  \n\nThose who agree with and commit reprehensible acts are war criminals.
385536
Get involved. I've written my congressmen and 2 senators every time they voted on legislation involved with the war to either show my approval or disdain. Make sure they hear your voice. Some may write you back, Some may not. Register to vote or, if you can't, get involved with candidates (no age limit to do this) and maybe even join a Young Republicans or Young Democrats group. Volunteer for a candidate. Just get involved. As much as possible.
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.
573887
Well, for me it was simple. I was young and needed discepline and guidence in my life. I felt like the Army would give that to me while at the same time, I was doing something that I could be proud of. I don't think people join just to fight. I think it is more about a sense of ownership in who you are and what you believe in with regerds to what this country was built on and stands for and what it really means to be and American. It's being a part of one of the largest "Teams" in the world with one goal in mind...hte protection of this great country and all who call it home.  \n\nWhile I was in the Army, my job was not to die for my country....it was to provide the enemy with the maximum opportunity to die for his. ;-)
566528
I am in the military and i think we should be there, simply because all those people over there are like little kids who need a baby sitter.  i just came back from over there and i can say that those people are animals.  All of the unintelligent folks who think we want to die are just as stupid as those people over there.  maybe all of you should join the military to see how it feels to be on the inside looking out.  and  one other thing,,,  you should thank us for making that sacrifice cause if we didn't you wouldn't have the freedom to make stupid commits to these types of questions
843322
Chill kid you are required by law to fill it out and give it to the post office. It doesn't mean your joining the military it puts your name on a list that if the draft were ever reinstated you could be called there are no exceptions so fill it out and send it. It's been the law since 1980's all males that turn 18 must fill out the form. don't sweat it it's nothing.
102418
Most men my age have served in the military.  In my opinion, over all it is a good experience.  Your life doesn’t have to seem as if it is on hold.  In addition to the military experience, it is an opportunity to look into other things.  Your training is one such experience, but as a member of the military there is one thing that all soldiers have in common, time.  Most military organizations have access to libraries and similar services.  Use them and you may develop a new path in life.  Six months is a very short time to conclude that you like or don’t like the military You a barely through your training period.  For myself, if I hadn’t been injured, I won’t have made the military a career.  Even so, it was one of the better life changing experiences of my life.
1158690
I joined the military to defend the rights that my parents spent more than twenty years defending in the military for me. I joined so that my children would have rights, so my daughter could get a job, so my son can worship God, or Allah, or whomever he chooses. We don't want to die but it's a sacrifice we are willing to make for the good of our country.   Someone has to do it and we are willing to step up to the plate.  We don't want to die but it's a sacrifice we are willing to make to keep our families, our friends, and strangers we have never met who call themselves Americans free and safe!\n\nGOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
506027
Absolutely not.  I joined and served because I volunteered, as did everyone else I served with.  Once you make it compulsory, you get people who volunteered serving with people who don't want to be there.  I would never want to fight alongside someone like that.  I haven't seen many Marine washouts, but there were a lot in the Army.  Our military would be so weakened by something like that...
372047
I agree...maybe we should institute mandatory service, like they have in Israel.  When you're 18, you go into the service and serve 2 years.  Make every American earn the rights that they take for granted.
1123751
I don't think you have a choice. If you are drafted you are going, unless you want to pay some sort of penalty. Don't worry, I was confused about the same exact thing you are questioning... I asked my dad and that is what he told me. If you refuse to go over seas then you are penalized. \n\nAnd its not that people don't support the troops... they just dont support BUSH!!
46051
If you want to join the military just to relax in some "safe-haven" area, then don't waste your time. All military personnel are subject to being in a war. You are probably one of those idiots that join the weekend warriors for the benefits and then, when it is time to do your job you are paid for, you wimp out. Do everyone, including yourself, a favor. Do NOT re-enlist...get the hell out...military don't want you anyway with this attitude...also, learn to spell...
285414
In the U.S. we have an all volunteer military so this would not apply to those who volunteer to serve.  When we had a Draft it was a felony to refuse induction.
399457
once you have signed yourself over to them you have to wait until your enlistment is up. it doesn't matter what branch you choose.