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I must vehemently disagree wit the idea that a career in the military as being the best option for starting a work career.

The military is something that not all people can handle being a part of, and if it is that the only reason a person will sign up for military service is so that they can score a job when their tour of duty is over with, then I have to say that they are signing up for every single wrong reason that anyone will sign up for active duty military. It is now and has always been my opinion that one's first and foremost reason for joining the military should above all be love of country, enough so that you would be willing to give up your time with your family, risk your freedom and perhaps your life, in defense of our national pride and freedom. It should only be a perk - not a reason- for anyone to join the military.

There are other ways to accomplish getting a better job, with one of those better ways being a college education, and right after that would be vocational education and training. This is not to say or assume that people who do not care to be a college student are somehow not cut out for it,because the same could be said of college students in reference to vocational school. Not everyone is cut out to be a mechanic, and not everyone is cut out to be a physicist. Every person has a purpose, and the main thing about having a purpose is to not do anything that would be detrimental to that purpose. One thing bad for any plan is getting there through means and ways that are not part of your personality or your spirit. The military is not the answer to everything, and not everyone is cut out to be a soldier.

And like all other training, there is no guarantee that a stint in the service is going to ensure that you get a good job. There is no job that is THAT guaranteed, and the only guarantee that the military can serve anyone in regards to a job is that said "anyone" can totally be employed forever, as long as they continue to enlist.

This is not to say that joining the military is not an honorable thing, because it is, and not everyone can handle such an honor. I couldn't, and I wouldn't want to. I would rather work my rear end off in college, where I belong and am in my element, and not in military combat gear wishing to hell that I had listened and just worked my way through college.

Becoming part of the greatest fighting machine the world has ever known - the U.S. Military - is probably one of the greatest things that any one person could do for himself or herself, and ultimately, every single United States citizen. However, this does not mean that we are all so capable of such a hard fought for honor.

My husband can tear down and put back together a rifle in 12 seconds, while I can write a college term paper in three hours, including research, outline and reference.

Again, some of us are cut out for academia. Others of us, combat.
Only you know which one you are suited better for.

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