When you join the military do you not expect to go to War ??

Question

I dont understand what people think when they join the military. War is part of the military.

Answer 1

Exactly!!

Answer 2

If we are at war and you join the military than you should expect to go to war!

Answer 3

The Military --- The average age of the military man is 19 years.He is a short
haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is
considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the
ears, not old enough to buy beer, but old enough to die for his
country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax
his own car than wash his father's ; but he has never collected
unemployment either.

He's a recent High School graduate ;

He was proubly an average student, pursued some form of sport
activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady
girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to
be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to
rock and roll, country or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm
howitzer. he is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now then when he was at home
because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after
dusk. He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for
him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it
in less time in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a
machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he
must. He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a
professional. he can march ubtil he is told to stop or stop until he
is told to march. He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation,
but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is
self-sufficient. He has two set of fatigues : he washes one and
wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. He
sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his
rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix
his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you ;
if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with
you in the midst of battle when you run low. He has learned to use
his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can
save your life - or take it, because that is his job. He will
often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still
find humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he
should have in his short lifetime. He has stood atop mountains of
dead bodies, and help to create them. He has wept in public and in
private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his
body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire
to ' square-away ' those around him who haven't bothered to stand,
or remove their hats, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day
in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be
disrespectful. Just as did his Father, Grandfather and Great-
Grandfather, he is paying the price for our FREEDOM . Beardless or
not , he is not a boy. He is the AMERICAN FIGHTING MAN that
has kept this country FREE for over 200 years. He has asked
nothing in return, except our FRIENDSHIP and UNDERSTANDING .
Remember him, ALWAYS, for he has earned OUR RESPECT and ADMIRATION with HIS BLOOD.

Answer 4

When we join the military we hope we don't have to go to war but prepare our selves if we have to. Those that join and expect not to go to war are joining for the wrong reasons, they do it for the benefits not for Love of country.

Answer 5

i am a 9 year army man, i enlisted in 1996, post gulf war. i understand my enlistment and my oath and in it states
"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God. "

Answer 6

Thank you for saying what most people coulndn't. Im enlisted under a 6 year contract and i completely understand that i might/will have to go to war.

Answer 7

although i joined way back in 1977 i knew the possibility i did serve in Desert Storm, I have said I would give my life for my country and love one even in 77 and nothing happen and when Dec 3, 1990 came and I was a reservist I went proud and served.

Answer 8

yes i knew i might go to war(i joined pre-9-11) and i thought the war would be good and just. i also thought we would get all the equipment and supplies that we would need.neither has been true

Answer 9

There's very few people (especially in the all volunteer service)
that aren't aware of the possibility of serving in harms way.
Don't underestimate the patriotism of today's youth.

Answer 10

I think some are so desparate to get out of whatever situation they are in that they don't fully realize that. Many sign on for the educational benefits and don't totally realize what they are getting theirselves into.

Answer 11

yup i agree...im enlisting and i completely understand that...other people for some reason dont expect it then when they are shipped off, then complain, there niave thats all.