In the army now!

Or, rather, the air force.

I'm considering joining the US Air Force, with firefighting in mind.
I've got a couple reasons to do it, but nobody wants to say "don't do it".

So, I need a devil's advocate, why shouldn't I join the service.



Also: I already read get the specified job on your contract, or you will get screwed.

Do it.

I'm myself planning on applying for the Marines in a few months, and Army if I somehow fail to get into the Marines.

...You do know that the Air Force is the butt of roughly 75% of all jokes made in the armed forces tho', right?

well... the air force does have the cutest uniforms... maybe thats a reason not to do it.

also, ive heard training camp is kind of a bitch?

I'm really not much help, go for it!

Don't submit to their mind control while you're there.

Yeah well my countries supposed "air force" doesn't even have any fighter planes at all...

You'll die. America loves to play war, and you'll probably be shipped off to some god-forsaken to fight not for your own country, but for some country you've never heard of. You'll get shot for doing something, and it will get infected, and you'll die, full of pain and wishing you hadn't joined the military.

Or something like that. I dunno.

Do they even send firefighters to other countries? Shit, I didn't even know the military had firefighters. What's the difference between being a regular firefighter and being a military firefighter? I guess if you're in the military, you'd be fighting fires in some other country instead of at home. Or fires on a boat or something. There's a reason to not join - if you want to be a firefighter, do it where you live. That way, you'll save the lives of your neighbors and loved ones.

my suggestion is go and join to army and fight terrorists in iraq or afghanstan and protect the freedom and democracy for that nations instead fighting fire in your country

don't go... there's probably better reasons to stay, even if you dont see them right now.

I say go for it, there's a lot of benefits from going and there's a lot of opportunities as well.

My ex just joined the Marines and is leaving for bootcamp in October, I'm pretty proud of him. He doesn't have a lot of discipline and wasn't really planning on doing anything with his life. You get cost benefits, any additional college you might want paid for, and you get ample respect from people - which you should. Defending the country and putting your life on the line is something that should be recognized.

He just wants to make something out of himself.



There's this thing now, it's called modern medicine. IF he would get shot, he probably would be thanking anything out there that it only got infected.

He's also talking about joining the Airforce, they don't do the front line shit. If he was joining the marines, like I was talking about my ex, then he'd have to worry about that more.

Also, there's fire all the time in war. Explosions, maybe even fires intentionally started - tank explosions, car explosions, etc. Lots of opportunities for fires.

I thought it was the navy that was the butt of all the jokes? There is a reason the village people made a song about the Navy.

Reason to not join: You die in some god forsaken third world country where everybody hates you despite whatever reasons you're there for. More than likely you'll be sent to the middle east and all that sand will get into... places.

But that aside you should do it it's one of the most selfless things you can do. You'll get money for college and get to shoot people! :D But it's a great thing to sevre I would have too but I'm to much of a pussy so I'm joining the FBI but good for you. Oh and bouns you cant get drafted if your severing in the millitary. :wink:

:lol: true my friend. true.

@audioblood
don't join.

Love your life more than your country... you can't serve yer country if yer dead... well... you will get a pretty medal if you die, but I don't think It'll be worth it...

DON'T go.

"Ask not what your country can do for you; but what you can do for your country." J.F.K

I hope you survive...sorry, but that is all I can think of saying. I'm just fine pulling bullets out of other people rather than having them forced into me...and I don't want to have to learn how to evade a missile. Otherwise, good luck in the military, "Sir"!

The Navy is the butt of every gay joke, I think. The Air Force is the butt of every "You sit in a fucking air conditioned office for most of your service time, punctuated with brief periods of high octane fucking action, while we are out here in the muck/sand, listening to shitty psalms drifting in the wind, and worrying about glorified claymores."

U'll probably get in the marines with E's. The army is pretty easy too if you have the goods. The marines really want one thing from you, commitment to go through anything and everything that u are told to go. It's the training camp in the marines that if u survive it, they'll see u as marines material.

Something to think on: the marines are the underdogs of the entire military. Hard bunch of fuckers



That's probably because the air force is tired of air and planes. The air force is dealing with space like weapons in space, communations, and such like that. It should be called space force or the military should make a new branch, the space force.

dont post twice, simply edit your posts to add what you want to add.

The closest guy I have to a big brother, my cousin, joined the marines. Now he's somewhere in the middle east, trying his hardest not to die. If anything, just think of who would miss you if you're gone.

Edit...Sorry about that, but I got it now. I will try to keep from happening again.
Please accept my sorry gift