Joining the Military

Don't do it .

Spend a good amount of time in the Marine Corps infantry, with numerous deployments. Its what you make of it, don't listen to people that tell you other wise. Its mostly people that never joined because they are to fucking lazy to get off their fat ass, or the unfortunate few that are to disabled or maybe just born with a gold spoon in their mouth dunno don't care. College is a great alternative as well.
Also these are questions a recruiter can answer

Join the Navy, see the world!

My Dad was military for 20 years, he came out extremely depressed, extremely brain washed (in my opinion), he gets flashbacks constantly, they made him wear gear twice his weight size while running which ruined his back and knees, you get paid very little for putting your life on the line, the housing they give you is SHIT, you're constantly away from your family (your wife might as well be raising the kid single, it'd be less fucked up for the kid) and drugs are extremely rampant among kids on military bases. It's not a good place for a family at ALL.

There are two types of military people I've met in my life...

1) The ones who make a career of it and get set up in a cushy office job after a few tours recruiting or something that are "conservative" in their views that enjoy the military and what its doing overseas regardless of how fucked up it is...
2) The ones who once they got in wish they had never signed up, come home with horror stories of being over in Iraq or Afghanistan...have 6 months left on their "contract" to be in the military then be given a choice...go back over to Afghanistan for another 18 months or do another job in the states for the same period of time locking you into an additional year...nobody gets out when they are suppose to anymore.

Chose your destiny man...just think of the shit the US military will be doing in the next 5 years...because that's the shitstorm yer walking into son...

My step-sisters husband is in the military, and works as a dog handeler in the bomb unit. He has worked on several checkpoints in the middle east.

He likes it, he was higher ranked because of college degree, and speaks 3 or 4 languages (always helps) which makes his pay pretty stable to support her and the son. as suTraGrow said, it's what you make of it..like joining the fire dept, police or any other job like that.

first off why are you considering this? because of lack of work or home life n ot going good?
the military isnt a job its a life,
i wouldnt sign up, not because im a coward but because half the battles we're involved in we shouldnt be fighting.
i think every politician should have served at least 5 years before being allowed into any party.
dont take this decision lightly my friend, its possibly the rest of your life.

The way I see it is I've been doing menial shit jobs the past 6 years, making peanuts, paycheck to paycheck. Sick of this lifestyle. I feel like I need a dramatic change, something better with more opportunity to grow and advance. I've never had a job that made over $10/hour, I figure just about any job in the military would be better than that. The 6 years feel like a waste, all I've been doing is getting older. I can do 4 years, I would be 29 when I got out and I'd have a little money to plan the next stage of my life with. I can't afford college, can't stand working everyday for hardly nothing to show for myself. I plan on choosing a job with little risk of fighting in war or being sent overseas, not sure how that really works but that'd be the plan. My options right now seem dire, limited, desperate.