Originally posted by SVT ST PETE:
infuryum,
I enlisted in the USMC in 1994.
I know a lot of guys/firnds in a lot of different branches - USMC, Army, Navy, Air Force, and USCG.
It really depends what you want to do as a career.
If you've got that figured out, then it makes things much easier.
Go to each respective branch and see what they can do for you, not what they want you to do.
Don't let the recruiters smooth talk you. Go in knowing what you want.
A good friend of mine - he's huge, 6'1" 225lbs, all muscle - would have made a great grunt of some type, but wanted to get into computers. He shopped around and he was able to land a great MOS in the Navy doing exactly what he wants to do after he gets out.
IMHO, getting the right MOS is most important, regardless of branch.
Good luck, and let us know what you do.
That is very well put, i agree with him on all of that...
Like I said before, its all up to the person... get what you want and go dooor to door, see what each branch can offer you with what you want, and then its just up to personal preference on which branch you wanna pick... of course i am goin to lean towards the USMC, but thats me, you decide for yourself.. its your life.. you run the show!!
