I have a question to all who served in the military or are going to serve in the military?

Question

are or did you enjoy your military service?

and why or why not?

Answer 1

Lets see.....I served 30 years....worked my way fro private through the ranks to captain (exception i was never a CSM)
I was Airborne Ranger Special Forces(Green Beret)

I taught at two Universities
I worked for the Shah of Iran
I fought in Vietnam
I built bridges and schools
I trained police in Barbados
I ran a movie theater
I ran my own Air Crash rescue unit
I fought in Grenada
I was a Drill sergeant
I was a Jumpmaster and Loadmaster
I was a Tac Officer in OCS
I conducted civic action around the world

I could go on....but you get the drift.... YES I enjoyed my career

Answer 2

Yes. I have served 23 years in 4 different services. I have seen so much of the world that it is un believable. If I had it to do over again I would do it. The sites of this world are unbelievable and beautiful. I spent over half of my life in the military and will miss it and the commrodery that i enjoy now greatly. Everything I have now is a direct result of serving in the militar. Family, House, Money, Pride, and Honor to name a few.

Answer 3

Not all of it... but on the whole I'm really glad I did it.

There are parts that are hard... I was away when my daughter was born, and I knew a major that had only been home for Chrismas twice in the last seven years.

Then again I met some of the best friends I will ever have... and I met a lot of people I am just proud to know. It really was an honor to work where I worked and work with who I worked with.

Best of all... that line from Shakespear's Henry V really is true.

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

You really do get very tight with the people you serve with, and when I talk to guys who never served... There really is something about how they "hold their manhoods cheap"... they always have to come up with some reason they didn't join up...or "I thought about signing up once..." or they say "My Dad did..." or "my brother was in the..." as if somehow that matters.

I don't need a Porche or a trophy wife or any thing to prove anything to myself or anyone else. I've been there, done that, got the T-Shirt. It is a nice feeling.

Answer 4

I served in the Navy (1973) and Marine Corps (1982). I have nearly 7 years of Active duty. I would stay away from the 'boys' and concentrate on my career first (I was sexually abused in service). I was young and naive, but was very proud that over time I helped break some 'glass ceilings' for women in the service (i.e., I was only the 2nd woman Marine to go to Heavy Equipment school). It had it good and bad points, but it was something that I did to help me get through college - which is something I'm doing now at age 54. If I was able to, I would have gone through college first.

Answer 5

there are some things i enjoyed but most of it wasnt enjoyable. i do feel very fortunate to have made the friends i had when i served though...it was almost enough to get me to do more than the six years i did. some guys find military service to be a living hell and some guys truly do find their calling so it's one of those things that you have to do before you can tell whether you will like it or not.

Answer 6

Yes, served 21 years, and with a few exceptions, I did enjoy it. Military service offers a sense of purpose and teamwork that is often lacking in the civilian world.

Answer 7

I'm an Army Brat, I spent most of my adult life in uniform. My best friends are servicemen. It's a way of life. My brain still tells me to get up too early.

Military life gave a sense of order, purpose.

I met some nice people. I met some very strange people. I've some very dangerous things in the name of fun. But when you are young you think you are indestructible, until the first bone breaks.

I enjoyed so much of it, I really don't remember the bad parts as bad parts. They are just things that were not as good.

If I could, I would re-enlist.

Answer 8

Absolutely. Living it now. I enlisted as an E1 and now I am an O2E. The Navy gave me the opportunity to leave my small town in central Illinois and travel the world. Through hard work and determination, I even earned my masters degree on the Navy's bill. Not to mention, met my wife and have a successful family covered by the military's great benefits. Set to retire in 10 years.

Answer 9

Obviously Nick K has never served. Nor would we want a coward to do so.

To the question. Yes, served nearly my entire life. Greatest single thing I ever had happen to me. I would do it again, and again, and again.

Son serving now for several years and loves it too.

No better life in the world. And never had a Nick K to deal with. Well, actually I did through sights, but that is another story.

Answer 10

Some things I wished I did very differently well in the service, but I do not regret it.

TO be honest with you however, I did not enjoy it because I found out I do horrible when working with a team, which is the whole concept of the Army is basic on. Not exactly good.