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Nov 11 2013 06:22pm
Quote (DarkTraus @ Nov 11 2013 07:15pm)

because in the years you spend in the military you could actually be setting yourself up for an incredibly successful future instead of at best an above-average lifestyle.


please tell me what I should be doing to set myself up for an incredibly successful future

i joined for 1 contract because I didn't know what to do with my life and going to school for some random just for the sake of going to school didn't make sense, niether did sitting at home making minimum wage at some shit job with little to no useful progression


im all ears for ideas, i believe I can master anything.
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Nov 11 2013 06:24pm
lest we forget :(
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Nov 11 2013 06:28pm
Quote (soullogik @ Nov 11 2013 05:21pm)
while america's decision making has been pretty fuckn weak over the last century or so
doesn't mean our soldiers should take the same amount of blame.
lets be honest, just by looking at the suicide rate, they probably don't need you to criticize them
they understand very well whats happening

i know plenty of people that were straightened out because of the military and are much better off because of it
and plenty that work at the stop n shop because they can't get any work after their service

regardless, we should support them anyway possible.
even if its a random day to celebrate them.

this is coming from some1 who hates celebrating anything, fuck birthdays and facebook for making me notice them 24/7


not all soldiers should take the blame ,no. but I'm not going to celebrate their "fighting for our freedom" which hasn't actually been a thing since the civil war.
Quote (raineplayshalo2 @ Nov 11 2013 05:20pm)
youre making more than 70k for being an IT guy in the military lol

plus they pay for your schooling to learn it

i think that's my regret with the military, that I didn't wait until a position in the IT section was open


the thing is, in the military not only do you have a job to do, if you are even slightly interested in other things they have to be put on hold until you are out of the military or at least on inactive duty. not everyone wants to waste years of their life when we could be setting ourselves up for bigger and better things in the future. bigger than anything the military could ever offer us, at least.

Quote (raineplayshalo2 @ Nov 11 2013 05:22pm)
please tell me what I should be doing to set myself up for an incredibly successful future

i joined for 1 contract because I didn't know what to do with my life and going to school for some random just for the sake of going to school didn't make sense, niether did sitting at home making minimum wage at some shit job with little to no useful progression


im all ears for ideas, i believe I can master anything.


well like I said, eight months after high school I was making $70k a year with just an IT certification. I'm not even going for a degree in any sort of field involving computers. my degree of choice is veterinary medicine. it's about making smart decisions. instead of being in the military you could be doing something else, even if you don't like it, and going to school and getting essential courses out of the way until you know what you want to do, like I did.

This post was edited by DarkTraus on Nov 11 2013 06:35pm
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Nov 11 2013 06:31pm
what does that mean, what are you giving up

and what bigger and better things

enlighten me so I can do these things
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Nov 11 2013 06:33pm
Quote (DarkTraus @ Nov 11 2013 08:28pm)
not all soldiers should take the blame ,no. but I'm not going to celebrate their "fighting for our freedom" which hasn't actually been a thing since the civil war.

the thing is, in the military not only do you have a job to do, if you are even slightly interested in other things they have to be put on hold until you are out of the military or at least on inactive duty. not everyone wants to waste years of their life when we could be setting ourselves up for bigger and better things in the future. bigger than anything the military could ever offer us, at least.


lot of people including myself, weren't of the right mind and were probably gonna waste those years anyway
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Nov 11 2013 06:34pm
Quote (raineplayshalo2 @ Nov 11 2013 04:31pm)
what does that mean, what are you giving up

and what bigger and better things

enlighten me so I can do these things


how is halo2 my man :O
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Nov 11 2013 06:36pm
dead and gone

RIP Halo 2, the GOAT.
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Nov 11 2013 06:39pm
Quote (raineplayshalo2 @ Nov 11 2013 05:31pm)
what does that mean, what are you giving up

and what bigger and better things

enlighten me so I can do these things


it's not even about that, entirely, although it is part of it.
seriously, why would I want to join the military when I could make more money than most do when they enter, not have a commitment to the military, have more free time, AND go to school to do whatever I want while you're spending at least 4 years in most cases doing the same thing, except when you get out you have a "maybe" that you could get a good job and you're also years behind everyone else the same age as you in the field when it comes to school?
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