Whats your favorite military branch?

[Avarice-ness]

> >; Bunny made the comment because.. people who are in the marine's or who are large fans of the marine's without good knowledge of other branches tend to be OBSENELY biased.
Granted, it can be said that all people who prefer a certain part of a branch are biased but it's usually their reasons.

Basically, you having done no research on other branches and using the idea that "the marine's are awesome" as your reasoning for wanting to join and being so gun-ho about it, is what would make you a good Marine, because really NOTHING is going to sway you out of the "OMG MARINE'S" mindset.

Personally, when I was looking into joining a military branch, I was going to join the Navy. Obviously the fact I have an army recruiter bro-in-law who's been like my older brother for 10 years and that I married a man who was recruited into the army by my bro-in-law makes me very biased. But biased or not, I still am able to admit that I would PERSONALLY prefer the Navy, not because of reasons that "they are awesome" more so because the Army's just not my idea of how I'd want to spend my life, where as being on a boat for mass amounts of times is. While the Army has been apart of my life for the past ten years (my sister and bro-in-law basically raised me), I still believe the Navy is my cup of tea, even with all the Army influences.

Actually I made the comment because of the "Marines are stupid" stereotype. Now that I've explained my post, the mods are going to harp on me or something crazy like that. Thanks a lot for interpreting my post wrong and getting me in trouble.

Also, the Navy isn't purely about being on a ship (which is the phrase you should use when talking about the Navy, otherwise you will get yelled at by anyone in the Navy). The 3 years that I spent in the military were all spent on shore at a station that was never even visited by a ship. Also, there is a good chance that you would get sent over to Afghanistan, Iraq, or Africa because we are currently in a time of war. The only way to get out of being sent over there is to have a good medical reason not to go. Pregnancy is a good one, having a child is not. I know two people in particular (husband and wife), who were both sent over to Afghanistan and Africa, respectively, despite having two children under the age of 5. Also, from what I have gathered from talking to people who have been assigned sea duty, it is both the most horrifyingly difficult experience of ones life and also the greatest. I never understood the latter.

P.S. About the Warzone thing, it doesn't matter if your job is clerical or airplane mechanic or pilot, during a time of war the chances of you being sent over to the Middle East are about 85% without a good medical excuse.


edit: Also I use Also a lot.

First off, there's no reason for YOU to get in trouble from an interpretation that I made. That would be irrational to say the least. Essentially though I said the same thing, only with more wording. If you're not going to take the time to research and become "smart" about something that would make you quite the opposite.

I'm very very very aware that if you sign up you know that there's a chance of you going over seas no matter your job. If and when my husband goes to Iraq, I will cope with that just like every other military wife does (minus half of the one's who divorce their husbands while in Iraq and steal their money) If it wasn't for my husband joining the army, I'd be in the navy or SOME branch, but now I don't even have to work so it's a thought I don't even need to deal with. But yeah, I'd sign up even knowing of the greater chances that I got sent over seas, would it stop me from signing up? Not at all.

Here's how I think, if you don't like the idea of getting sent to a warzone at any point in your enlistment (or even reactivated during your 4 years after release), don't join. It's -that- simple. When you sign those papers, you -should- know what you're getting into, joining the military isn't like going to work for a department store if you're going to go try to get into it and join blindly then.. well (and this may be snipped) you deserve to be sent to Iraq JUST so you can understand what your job TRULY entails.
Sorry to say it like that, but it's the truth.

To all those who are saying that they want to join: Do you fully accept and understand that you will most likely be over seas at some point in your enlistment? Do you understand that the military isn't just an easy job to get money? Are you willing to go through the physical and mental anguish at points to become a soilder of the military?

If you said yes to all the above then.. serisously you have no reason to not join, and congrats. For some reason, there are still people who want to join who will say no to the above.
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