military peeps

to all the people on here that has been in the military i wanna know your likes dislikes, myths truths, travel, places seen. what branch were you in and your job. what did you do from day to day? what was the money and benefits like? would you do it again if you had to redo it? i especially wanna hear from the people that has been in recently or is in right now. thanks for your time.






-justin

well i wasn't ever in the military ,but i can tell you my best friend is in military right now,enlisted couple years ago ,lives in germany and loves it ,just got stationed to iraq ,for 12 months ,but he stopped here before xmas ,and he said he loves it ,he misses being in the states "he is a sniper "and he has been all over europe,rome italy ,castles in bavaria ,you name it ,amsterdham,and said its a blast ,he has 2 kids so thats the bad part hasnt been around much ,his wife said the pay wasnt great ,but now being in iraq im sure its better ,he started off as a reserve and is now fully active .but one thing he said is "you get to experience so many places and people,and culture "and it is so cool to see that .i dont fly ,and thats my personal hold up.so i wont ever see that stuff ,but must be cool hope this helps alil

Hey Justin I have never been in the military either...almost joined the MO National Guard but not enough money. Anyways I copied your post and emailed it to a budy of mine. He is pretty much my brother. He was a Marine reservist for a few years. I will post up his response.

Here you go...from my friend Boley....

"Hey not sure how much this will help him but here is a short bit. Well I served about 6 years ago in the Marine Corp Reserve. I was in for about 2 1/2 years before being discharged due to having a messed up back. I was part of C.A.T.T. (combined anti-tank team) I either drove are rode around in a humvee & shot a .50 cal machine at tanks to piss them off so another humvee could shoot a rocket at the tank & kill it. I loved all the shooting. From 9mm to M16 to the S.A.W. to the .50 cal to the MK19 (fully automatic grenade launcher). My M.O.S. was 0331 heavy machine gunner. Another I liked was the brotherhood. When you talk to other Marines you already know a great deal of what they have done in their life because you did the same thing. Generally speaking the the pay is not real great. But if you are single & don't have any bills it is not bad. In most ways it is like any other job. There are going to be things you like & things you hate. Some of the crap I hated was the stupid games. You have to remember that it is not as as easy in the military to go f*** himself & get away with it. So sometimes the higher ranks would give you crap jobs just because you are lower in rank & they can, even if the job really doesn't have to be done or you don

all good information. keep em coming.






-justin

I was in the military a long time ago.Pay then was not so hot,but has improved a great deal in the last few years.If u get into a really good outfit ( I was in the 82nd Airborne Division) u get a lot of good training.The comradeship is something u will never forget. U learn to live,sleep,eat,fight and even die as a team.Since most civilian organizations like team players,those lessons are invaluable. I was exposed to a lot of different people,places,cultures and information I would never have seen if I wasnt in the military. I was a 21 year old college educated dumb a-- who grew up real quick in jump school.If u know ur life depends on how well u and some other dumb a-- do their jobs,it makes a grown up out of u real fast.U also learn that u can do a lot of things physically and mentally u didnt know u could do--like make good decisions when u havent slept in 48 hours -- or like march all night in total darkness with only a compass and the stars and end up within 100 yards of where u needed to go.U also develop an extreme sense of pride and confidence in yourself that carries over to everything else u do.No mental and physical slobs last very long in the military. Like I said earlier,I was in a long time ago,but most all those experiences still are with me today and I still use most of them every day..Hope this helps.BJ