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

Otherwise go air force or go navy

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

got tabbed

I'm part of a NORCOM/JSOC task force