2007-03-14 11:18:27 · 20 answers · asked by LARENA G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Tell him to look both ways crossing the street as he stands a greater chance of being killed there than in the National Guard. Military service isn't for everyone, but it is an honorable way to start.
It is safer than delivering pizzas and driving taxicabs...
2007-03-14 11:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I joined the guard right after I turned 17. It was the best decision I have ever made! But just because it is a good move for someone, doesn't make it good for everyone. There are several things to take into consideration, pros and cons.
Pros-
-money for college that you don't have to pay back
-you will learn excellent discipline
-you will make friends for life (they become family)
-guard duty is normally only 1 weekend a month and 2 weeks during the summer
-you learn a lot about many different things, both things that will help you in jobs, and things that will help you in life generally
-lots of job opportunities that pay really well
Cons
-you have to commit to drills, and there's not really many scenarios where you can get out of it if you need too.
-there's always the chance that you will deploy
-the military can be pretty slow with getting some personnel problems resolved should any arise
-this one's important- DO YOUR HOMEWORK!! You can't always believe what a recruiter tells you! They are in it for the numbers!
You should definately sit down with him and have a heart to heart, and make sure that this is something that he really wants to do. If he does, I promise that it will change his life, so he needs to consider that.
Also, if you don't want to sign for him when he's 17, and it's something he really wants to do, he will probably just do it when he's 18 when he doesn't need parental consent. He might as well get a year of paychecks and experience in, right?
As to whether or not it will get him killed, I agree with a previous answer-when it's your time to go, it's your time to go. People get killed driving down the road, and that's something most people do daily.
Good luck on your decision, and I wish him luck in the military if that is the road he chooses!!
2007-03-14 11:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by *~HoNeYBeE~* 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello
As a Marine I would be happy to clear this for you.
First off get involved with his recruiter...it's easy to blind a 17-18 year old with the the light of serving his country without knowing what he is getting into...with you there it would be harder for the recruiter to blind your sons eyes.
Also once he is sign up and went through his MEPS...
(HIs medical and other paper work and sworn in)
FInd out what his MOS is..In the Marine Corps I had to choose an MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) his skill.is your son going to be a Military Police or Infantry...If he doesn't know his recruiter will choose it for him....YOUR SON NEED S TO KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IN THE NATIONAL GUARD BEFORE HE IS SWORN IN. HIS MILITARY SPECIALTY WILL CHOOSE IF HE IS GOING TO IRAQ OR STAY ON THE HOME FRONT.
I cannot say if he will get killed or not....IT's up to your son...In the battle field only himself can decide that ...I do know that If your son does good in boot camp and LISTEN TO EVERYTHING that the drill instructor is saying to him...he will live longer in combat.
My mother knows everything about me and my Marine Corps life, where I have been, when I'll be shipped out, even the day I got to drunk from base...
Keep tabs not only your son but keeps tabs on the base he is in....for a mother it's good to know rather then kept in the dark.
Is it a good idea? Only your son can answer that ...only those that been through military life can answer that question..
for me it is good..yet each experiance of military life is different....I Hope that your sons life in the National Guard is a safe one. Bless you.
2007-03-14 19:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Lone Knight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good idea, many good benefits (I personally am almost 17 and joining army active duty soon)... but wether or not he gets killed depends if he gets deployed and what he does when he's deployed... if his MOS(Job) deals with infantry, military police, helicopters, or driving around in humvees... he's going to be in danger... it's just common sense... but dont think of him being killed, cuz only 3000, out of the 100,000's of troops that have been there died... 3000 seems alot.. but when u think there is 130,000 troops in there right now.. n every year they change who's there n take the ones in there out... at least for a good bit.. n this war has been going on for 4+ years.. so your looking @ over 300,000-400,000 troops have been there.. n only 3000 died... thats one out of every 100...
2007-03-14 14:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One out of 80 people will be killed in an auto accident over the course of their lifetime. So the odds of the military killing you are very small compared to that. However, any military service caries the risk of being sent to a combat zone. That is what all those weapons are far. Your son should be encouraged to do what he thinks is best for himself. Try to help him find out as much information as possible about what he plans. But beyond that it is after all his life.
2007-03-14 11:34:25 · answer #5 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's a touchy subject, but I guess it all comes down to why he's doing it. If it's a good reason (not for money, especially to go to school-there's plenty of other help for that out there), then it might be considered a sound decision. I'm not for or against it, but I'm sure that the national guard would not be the first in all of the military to be shipped out if need be (but with Bush's wack ideas, you never know . . . ).
Yes . . . anything can get him killed, but the odds would increase if he joined the military.
2007-03-14 11:24:05 · answer #6 · answered by ANT-a-gonistic 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a good idea for your son to enlist in the Guard. A spell of time in the military can give him options and teach him lessons he will never get anywhere else.
Even in times of war, most people in the military do not die. The odds are very much in his favor that he will come out of it without a scratch on him.
2007-03-14 12:02:11 · answer #7 · answered by sandislandtim 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Keep him at home 17 years old , he doesn't want to go to Iraq and fight Bush's war, it is a losing battle . Lock him up before he goes because if you don't you'll be watching them either burying him or teaching in a filthy hospital how to walk without legs. It makes you cry to see those troops so maimed and there is Bush playing golf with Dada, what a creep. He has arms so he can wave , wave, wave, wave all the time he is waving at a tree. There is no people wants to wave at that thing.
2007-03-14 11:27:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honey, you already signed him away. you may no longer make a dedication with the goverment and then replace your concepts in a while, down the line. Sorry, yet you will merely could desire to attend until his settlement is up. by way of ways, you are going to could desire to enable your son do for himself at some point. you may no longer continually carry his hand, quite if he's interior the militia.
2016-10-02 03:20:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Driving down the road can get him killed.
Choking on a hamburger can get him killed.
Messing with you, could get him killed.
Bottom line is: Anything he does can get him killed. Let him join the National Guard, if that is what he wants to do.
2007-03-14 11:21:52 · answer #10 · answered by Duh 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋