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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not going to flip out on him. I remember being a teen and I know that a parental freakout is a great way to get him to dig in his heels. And I have told him quite honestly about my friends who died and how I feel about it, but he is a teenager and of course seems to assume he is invincible.

PP is right that he is young and may well change his mind. I encouraged him to look at defense contractors and things like that, as he is very engineering-minded and likes design. I'd rather him have a career helping the military than actually out there fighting. I just don't know if that will satisfy him. There's a huge part of him that just seems to want to put his ass on the line for something he sees as noble. [/quote]

It's not easy to have a good career with a defense contractor without military service.  There are also options in the military that are much less...militaristic, for lack of a better word, than others.  Take a look at the Navy or Air Force, there are many technical jobs that aren't alway "boots on the ground".[/quote]

I agree...Navy or Air Force as long as he doesn't have any intention of being a pilot.  Army or Marine Corps will land you in the desert.  [/quote]

Navy and Air Force are the "cushier" jobs but many of them are landing in the desert and front lines.  We have Air Force friends in career fields that never carried a gun and they were placed front lines.[/quote]

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