Message from @P I L L A R M A N
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i got a IT cert payed for by the reserves
I wouldn't change it for the world
But if you are going to join a branch do not join the marine corps
absolutely do not
Well that's good to hear
Why?
then used it to get a job and just kept doing that now i'm the head VM team lead for a PMC airforce contract
They are in a very very very bad shape as a branch right now
Huge identity crisis
leadership is worst mil wide
^^^
terrible funding
equipment
Heard bad things about leadership
training
doctrine
basically everything
As a whole the marine corps is a redundant branch that doesn't really need to exist as it does now but that's a rant i'll save for another day
with all that being said
if you wanna be combat arms in anyway go army
Thanks for sharing the info
That's what we're here for chief
If you want my take on it tbh
Do something in the military you cannot do in the civilian world at all
I know the common advice is to do something that will translate into a civilian career
and that's very sound wisdom
but you're only in your 20's once
If you wanna go do cool adrenaline pumping high speed shit that you can't do anywhere else now is the time to do it
that being said again
It is still not a bad idea to join a technical job
If you're going to have that GI bill for things like college and trade school anyways then why not go blow some shit up while you can
and if your life sucks then just keep applying for cooler and cooler shit until you can't
my first line infantry unit was fucking garbage
I had to apply to get into my current task force in 2012
i'm still there and loved every second of it
Wow
Did you try to get to ranger school or something?
Yeah I went to ranger school
and airborne school
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