2007-01-21 08:19:09 · 19 answers · asked by David B 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Depends on what you wanna do, where you wanna go, etc.... please be more specific.
2007-01-21 08:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What ever you do go active duty and stay away from the guard and reserve. The way the military is going now you may as well be active duty full time anyways because the guard and reserve are doing so much full time commitment anyways. Now why do I say this. If you did decide to make a career out of the service. you could do your 20 years in guard or reserve but not collect any pension until you were 60 years of age. Example you do 20 years in Air Force and start at age 18. At the age of 38 you will be getting a pension for the rest of your life at the age of 38. Now take a guard or reserve person and they do the same thing join the guard at 18 do their 20 years and retire from the guard at 38 years old, they cannot start collecting their retirement pay until they are 60 years old. So you have to wait 22 years after you retire to collect your first pension check. Why would anyone ever do this just amazes me.
2007-01-21 16:38:56 · answer #2 · answered by tbird 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While the Army or Army Reseve may or may not be the best one to join, if you choose it I can help you get more in the way of signing bonuses.
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2007-01-21 16:26:12 · answer #3 · answered by armybonus 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would recommend doing the ROTC thing first before you join. The only reason why I say that is it give you a chance to see if you like the military life before you truly commit you’re self. Also another good thing is you become an officer rather than enlisted.
As far as branches: My nature of preference is Army, as I have served previously. But it all depends on what you want to do with your life. The Navy and Air force seem to be where more technology-based jobs are located. The Army does have some technical jobs, also a great deal of other jobs that you can't even begin to imagine. The Marines seem to be pretty hard-core, they do have technical jobs but the physical training is more rigorous.
Also if this helps any, if you enlist and you don't like your branch you are in (recruiters never tell you this by the way, you find out later) that you can enlist in another branch w/o going to basic all over again. Here are the guidelines as far as switching braches (all you have to do is do MOS training)
Marians - Can go in Army, Navy, and Air force without basic
Army - Has to go to Marine boot camp if wish to switch, but can go in the Air force, and the Navy without going through boot camp
Navy - Can go in the Air force, but has to go to Army and Marine boot camp if they wish to switch.
Air force - If you want to go to another branch you MUST go through basic again. Also I hear they do weird PT tests where you don't have to run, do sit-ups, or do pushups - all you do is ride a bike. I am not sure if that is absolutely true or not, but I have had a couple of family members and friends in the Air force that told me about that.
Best of luck to you in your choice and let me know what you decide! :)
2007-01-21 16:38:17 · answer #4 · answered by ib1cutebabe 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It all depends on what you want to do. I'm in the Navy and there is a pretty large variety of jobs that are offered within the Navy. What I'd suggest is talking to a recruiter from each branch, then compare, that's what I did.
2007-01-21 16:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by danigirlusn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, it depends on what you're looking for. if you're more into ruling by brute strength, army/marines. if more by intellect and thinking, then the navy/air force. national gaurd & reserves are something to consider as well. if you LOVE swimming, coast gaurd might do it for you.
navy/air force- the navy has more chances for different kinds of jobs in my opinion. you can be a regular yeoman, a pilot, an engineer, fire fighter, etc. on top of that, the chances of you traveling around the world are high as well.
army/marines - me trying to tell you which one is better would be kinda biased because my boy's a marine. but pretty much the marines attack by land (infantry), air (fighter pilots), and sea (w/ the navy). They work hand in hand with sailors a lot. they also don't have their own medics, so they use navy corpsmen instead. (basically your navy docs). army has their perks too. if you're into jumping out of planes w/ airborn units or jumping onto apaches/black hawks/etc, or maybe being a ranger.
2007-01-21 16:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by LuvingMBLAQ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would depend entirely on your goal.
Safest - Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force
Most Fighting - Marines
Most Versatile - Army
Marines usually go in first and do most of the fighting. Army then comes in and 'holds ground.' Currenly in Iraq, the Army is probably the most dangerous because people are just being blown up driving down the street. I think most of the casualties since the first month or so have been Army.
If *I* were going to join I'd go in as a Naval Officer.
2007-01-21 16:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by Elvis W 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Since the United States Marine Corps is the President's Own. I would say Marines....We have the most Pride,Honor, Bravery and Modesty.
One thing to remember.....ONCE A MARINE.....ALWAYS A MARINE!!
All the branches are great, it's just that the Marines are the Greatest..
Storm....Not once have I tried to get my head in a jar....spent some time in a bottle though (wink)
2007-01-21 16:36:21 · answer #8 · answered by PoliticallyIncorrect 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right now on the front lines of iraq are the U.S. Marines, so if you want the action of clearing cities of terrorists in Iraq choose marines. The U.S. Army is also running some missions out in the deserts of Iraq. The Air Force campaign isn't doing as much over in Iraq.
2007-01-21 17:02:11 · answer #9 · answered by gobatmax 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Join for the same reason I did... for the best looking uniforms. Lol, that was one of the reasons, but it does depend on what kind of job you want to have after the military.
2007-01-23 03:16:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It all depends if you want to stay there for 20 years and retire or leave after a certain time to pursue another career.
For a technical career the navy or air force (suggested: Nuclear technician).
Medical : Army (medic core)
Kick lots of ***: Marines
2007-01-21 16:24:25 · answer #11 · answered by asmidsk@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋