Why do so many people leave the military after 4 years?

Question

If the military is so great then how come there is a 90% turnover every four years?

Answer 1

I beleive the term is DISILLUSIONMENT.

I imagine that most people are suckered into the armed forces with ideas of playing in tanks all day or shooting rifles and running through fields of mud practicing war games. Looks like fun. Then, suddenly, you find out that actually, they make you work, you get shot at, and the world pretty much hates you. And, you get paid SHYTE for it... They cant leave before four years, so when time is up, they all bail...

Answer 2

You get 30 days of leave per year. You don't usually get leave right out of boot camp because you still have MOS school (I am not sure of all the Marine terms for the secondary training)...but you go to your school after boot camp. All that school can take a few months...the usual time is approximately 6 months. Some schools are longer and others are shorter, so that is just an average. When someone is in their last few weeks of the MOS school they get orders to a permanent duty station...this is when most people get to take leave for the first time. You usually take a couple of weeks leave before you report to your first duty station...and the service member can go home or any other place that they want. I was in the Navy for 14 years...and I've been around other services so it is very similar with all of them about leave... I don't know if your boyfriend is misinformed and actually believes that or if he is BSing you...but you take leave during your enlistment... About the only time you may not take leave is 1. during training and 2. during a deployment. Other times you have to request leave through your chain of command...and if there is not a serious command staff shortage they will let you go when you want...each command set their own leave policy so he will have to wait and see...but he won't have to wait for 4 years.

Answer 3

I entered the AIR FORCE in `77 and got out in `81.At the time I was not ready for the military and knew I should not stay in.In `03 I re-entered the military this time in the army and just got back from IRAQ.Going back in was the best thing I ever did.Staying in the first time would have been a mistake for me.I can only imagine many people feel the same way I did during my first time.The military is NOT for everyone.Please respect the descision made by people to enter the military.It takes alot of heart to be there.

Answer 4

You realize you always come on here and post crap about the military but never have anything to back it up.

I know the rate is not anywhere close to 90%....this is kinda old but the numbers alway stay about that same.

In the Navy, the "Zone A" re-enlistment rate from October 2002 to June 2003 was 70.3 percent. The Navy's goal was 56 percent. Air Force "first termers" re-enlisted at a 60 percent rate. The service was shooting for 55 percent. The Army needed 13,833 first-term soldiers to re- enlist. Instead 14,599 soldiers re-upped, for 106 percent of the retention target.

This is goes to show that you never know what you are talking about.

Answer 5

If "work" was fun and full of pleasant things, the Boss would be doing it instead of paying you to do it. That's the way it is throughout life everywhere, including the Army.

There are Army "fast-talkers" who spend all of their time sitting at a desk in some fancy city and there are guys who spend all their Army time sloshing around in the mud with bugs for companions.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Where can you get all those benefits in four years working for someone else? It's a good deal, especially for the person who cannot afford the high price of a decent college eduction.

Where is there a civilian job where the Boss will pay for your college after you worked for him for only four years

Remember, everyone who gets shot at doesn't get hit. In a million-person Army, less than 10% end up on the fighting line.

Answer 6

A lot of people just go to get the GI Bill. There are a lot of reasons as to why people get out. I am in the Military. Benefits are great. Some people just aren't cut out for the military.

Answer 7

Most people join the military for the opportunity and the benefits that come after like the G I bill for college.

Answer 8

have you been in the military is sux but it is something every Yong man needs to do for a short wile and if that would happen America would be a better place only 2% of the population has ever been in the service and less than that have ever been to combat think about what you have and think about what your not thankful for

Answer 9

They have the skills and training for great jobs.

My brother is 11 years and counting!!!!! He loves it, and yes he IS deployed and has been in Oper. Enduring Freedom and the Iraq War!

Answer 10

90% is kind of high but think of this... would you work for a company for 4 years earning a half decent salary if they paid 2/3 of your college for you AFTER you left?