Would you encourage your child to join the militairy?

Question

And in what capacity?

Ps. I'm not pro- or against on this one. Might give me some food for thought should mine ever decide to though. My uncle served in Yuoguslavia and was honourably discharged due to mental breakdown, he had been in the forces over 20 years and it was his first active service. He killed himself 8 years later

Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

I would not recommend my children to join. if they really want to then I guess they can. I just do not think it is the only way to make a living. If a person goes in, go in for what it means not the money, joining the military means you are training for war, that is there job. Yea it might be nice at first but when a war starts you go. I hope my kids do not go in.
I was in the Army for 10 years before I got out, My dad retired after 27 years. Its not the same as it was.

Answer 2

Yes, I'd encourage any young person, including my children to join the military. It's a great final push into adulthood. Most veterans come away with more self discipline, self respect, and a less naive view of the world and what it owes them.

Military service is not a death sentence. Life is a death sentence. More people per capita have died this year as a result of living in our nation's capitol than for serving in the Gulf War.

The only advice that I'd give someone thinking about military service, though, is to think about what career field you sign up for. A career field that transitions well into the civilian world would be optimal. Not only does it look good on your resume that you've already got years of experience in your field, but military experience as well. You're prospective employer knows that you can work under pressure, follow the rules, and not buck the chain of command.

Answer 3

No I would not, but there is a secret draft going on right now in our good old USA that the voters and the citizens don't know about. it is being stifled. My daughter's best guy friend was drafted along with about 5 other men from KC just two weeks ago.
Why are we not hearing about the draft in the media? Why is it a secret? I wouldn't know if it wasn't for it touching my own life.
I would never advocate for my children to join. And I thank my veterans for giving them a choice on the surface anyway.
Bless our vets.
I am sorry to hear of your uncle, that is the military though. Use them up, spit them out, write them off.
We should be doing better by them. I am ashamed.

Answer 4

Yes. The military is a very different place now, and the pros out weigh the cons. Recruits learn discipline, respect, and work trades that can prove invaluable later in life. The military will pay for education, and 20 years is not required. Even four years in would make a huge impact in someones life for the better. The cons are pretty obvious, but are to be considered. As a soldier, your child would be required to go to military conflicts and possibly dangerous situations.

But remember the most important point: It is your kids life, not yours, and if they want to be in the military, I say be supportive and not obstructive. We all care for our children, and want what is best for them. Sometimes the best thing we can do is let them fly on their own. =)

Answer 5

I neither encouraged nor discouraged my stepson when he considered joining the Army.

I did make him describe to me what his long-term plans and goals are and tell me how military service fit into those plans.

IMO he has made his decision after careful consideration - and I will be there when he graduates basic training and AIT.

His joining while I wait to find out if a medical review board will require me to retire from service - produces an odd mixture of pride and apprehension.

Answer 6

My grandfather served in Korea, and met my French grandmother at the tail end of WWII. And I grew up with them. All my life I got little comments and lectures on basically (without him directly saying it) NOT to joing the military. He said if I ever DID join the Military to not tell them about any physical infirmament I had (like my migraines) because he made the stupid mistake of telling them about his knees and they won't give him any back pay for it. I won't SUGGEST my kids join, and I don't think I'd be too happy if they joined, but I'd support them (their my kids) in whatever they decided to do. Me, they'll have to draft me, and THEN, they'll have to DRAG me every step of the way (that's where the real war will start...)

Answer 7

"certainty is an absolute, life is an absolute, a speck of dirt is an absolute and so is a human existence. no matter if you stay or die is an absolute. no matter if you've somewhat of bread or no longer, is an absolute. no matter if you eat your bread or see it vanish right into a looter’s abdomen, is an absolute." Ayn Rand those are the sorts of problems with which one must be surely particular. yet on a similar hand, we must be as surely particular that tyrants do come to ability, and likewise that we are no longer the international's police rigidity--yet another absolute. we can't be. it isn't our position to decrease the strengths of human beings by using obligating them to issues they does no longer willingly obligate others to. the adaptation between black-and-white questioning and grey morals, is that one has no longer taken the time to ensure what amidst the grey is the black, and what's the white, and then preserving the sturdy even as attainable and eliminating the black even as attainable. Or a minimum of of being particular what they're.

Answer 8

Yes I would,
Military service is rewarding
and teaches our children discipline and self respect
I support a strong Military
I support our Military Forces
I have taken oaths to protect America
from enemies both foreign and domestic
I do not support the current administration
Nor do I support the Iraq war.
The Iraqi people are not our enemies as a whole
The current administration is.
but that is my own opinion.

Answer 9

i myself was in the military and only recently got out. i use to think "yes" i would like for my kid to serve at least a coule of years, but after the 9/11 stuff, the military to me kind of went down hill.

due to the need of senior positions filled and the urgent need for troops, the military got so screwed up i got out because i rather do something else.

everyone got paranoid everywhere and was always hyped about a "terrorist attack" i swaer some of the leaders wanted an attack just so they could say they been there.

maybe it will straighten itself out in a few years, but right now, with its ill leadership, i would say no.

i was in yugoslavia also! i had fun there, and i went back a few years later for vacation. beautiful place and great poeple, except for the bosnian muslims.

Answer 10

If you want your children to die then yes encourage them to join the military.Half a dozen soldiers are dying everyday in Iraq for oil and profit.This war is and always was illegal.The Bush Nazis lied to get into Iraq and your sons and daughters are paying the price.

Answer 11

You should ask Bush or the congress people like what Michael Moore did in Fahrenheit 911. I think I'll rather my children beg in the park then to waste their lives away for other people's greed.