Navy, airforce, marines,coast guard,or army?

Question

I need more info on with branch to join. what field is a good feild to go to or to pursue.

Answer 1

It depends on your personality, your aptitude, and your career goals. If you do join, make full use of all your benefits such as the GI Bill. You can come out fully trained, educated, and with some great job experience. As one other person stated, there are many opportunities in electronics, but also in health care services, logistics, transportation, maintenance, aviation...you name it, its out there.
Don't rule out the Army or Marine corps simply because the Air Force or Coast Guard are viewed as "more comfortable". That should not be the sole basis for your decision, but can be one criteria. You may cut yourself off from some good jobs if you only look at one or two branches.
First, take the ASVAB and see what you qualify for. Don't let the recruiters pressure you and if you can't get the MOS (job) you want be patient. Don't let them do the "bait and switch".
As for the person who said the Coast Guard doesn't deploy to Iraq, read the second link below. Not a true statement.

Answer 2

I have friends and family in every branch. They all have their pros and cons and you should talk to a recruiter from each branch to find what suits you best.
One thing I have to say though is that the posters on here bashing the coast guard are idiots. For one thing they become part of the navy in war time and it is a possibility that you'd be deployed (my grandfather was gone for 2.5 years even though he was in the coast guard) And for another the coast guard does a lot of dangerous stuff...it's just different than the other branches. The men and women serving in the coast guard deserve just as much respect as the other branches.
Now having said all that I'm biased towards the army. Most of my family was army and my husband is currently active duty. The real thing that makes it worse than the others is that the deployments are for a lot longer with shorter breaks in between.

Answer 3

Depends on what you want to specialize in. Obviously, if you are interested in planes you'd join the Air Force, right? But the Air Force tends to have more high-tech equipment & specialties than the other branches.

The Navy has the downside (or upside!) that you will likely be away from land for 6 months at a time if you are onboard ship.

The Marines, traditionally, are the most physically demanding - which is one of the things they are most proud of.

And the Army has the largest variety of specialties.

The Coast Guard - well, you'd most likely be in US waters - some consider that a bonus, some don't.


Figure out what you'd like to be in - then choose a service to match. Try taking the ASVAB or other placement tests.

Answer 4

Well depends,... why do you want to join.
If you want to join for the challenge,.... this is how they are rated hardest to easiest from my opinion HARDEST-Marines, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force-EASIEST.

I didn't know the difference when I joined.... I joined for the college money, this was before 9-11. I joined the Army and ended up in Iraq. Now they are calling me back again. So if you want to get deployed join the marines or army, you'll definitely be sent there. If your doing it for the college money or just to have some sort of job experience- join the air force, they treat you so much better than any other branch.

Answer 5

You really ought to start off deciding if you are looking at the military as a career or not. Once you find that out, think long and hard about a certain broad field that you would like to go into. Sort of like communications or satelites or something. All branches have thier own fields of profession.

After you have a field in mind, start researching those fields in all the different branches of the armed forces. Also research the requirements of those fields and whether there is a lot of recruiting going on and if there is alot of room for advancement. Try to find out bonuses and all that for each different job.

After that you should be able to make up your mind as to which job and to which branch you want to join.

Good luck on it.

Answer 6

Well you're a woman, and the marines are more of a boys club. Coast guard is more of a real hard job than military service. Air force and Navy are safer than the Army. In the end do what you think you'll be best at. Don't believe everything you're recruiter says. Once you sign those papers they can make you do whatever you want. So do your research, and make a wise choice.

Answer 7

I would say Air Force or Coast Guard. You dont get the harsh treatment of the other branchs. Im not saying a woman is not good enough for the rest of the branchs.

Answer 8

I think Navy or Air Force has the best tech training. Pick a field you like that will have utility in the civilian life, for example, electronics, electricity, or computer technology. Being a weapons handler won't do you much good as a civilian unless you get a job at a weapon depot. I chose the submarine service. The food was good, the tech training was excellent, and when I got out (which I couldn't wait to do), I had a trade that has sustained me and my family for forty-some years as an electrician. Good luck and good choice.

Answer 9

National Guard

Answer 10

Wow that totally depends on who you are, what you want to get out of it, what type of training you want, how much or little you want to be put in (or kept away from) harm's way.

You want hard? Go Marines. You want easy, go Air Force. Don't let anybody let you believe the you can "Coast" in the Coast Guard. CG training is probably the second hardest after the Marine Corps.

Good luck.