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Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

Honestly, the only thing keeping me out of the army (once i'm 18) is the fact that once I get back, I won't be able to get my life back together. It would stop me from having all those real life experiences. If I were somehow drafted though, I'd be on a plane to Iraq in a second.

If you joined the armed forces, you wouldn't be missing much... you'd probably be gain a lot, in fact... going through basic (I dont know about Army basic, but Marine Corps would qualify as an 'expirence' ) itself, going to your MOS school, getting stationed somewhere... all things that I would think to be more interestuing than sitting in the same dorm of a college for 4 or more years...

I think to get a true understanding of the military you have to expirence it. I haven't personally, yet, but I have followed my brother and best friends journeys from the hell of Parris Island to their duty stations they're at now. Most of you probably havent had this type of exposure. The common ' my dads friend was in the navy 6 years ago' , and ' omgzors my brother knows a kid online whos cousins best friend is in the army reserve, I know everything about teh military!!!!11' doesn't cut it when it comes to knowing what you're talking about concerning the military. What you read and and hear from outside sources is not always what is true. More times than not its bad info.