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[quote=Anonymous]If she is smart enough to get into college, but not mature enough to succeed, she'd be a good candidate for military service. It is structured, there is discipline, interesting schools and job specialties.  There is travel, adventure, and an opportunity to mature.

Think carefully about the mission of each branch of the services and what type of job she would enjoy the most.

Prepare and do as well as you possibly can on the ASVAB Exam. If you do well on the ASVAB you can be guaranteed in a contract of going to a specific job training school after basic training.   There is one ASVAB test for all of the services, but the different branches accept different scores for different schools. I scored well on the ASVAB, but the Air Force would not guarantee me anything in computers or electronics.  They wanted me to accept a "general enlistment". I almost signed, but waited and called the navy.  The navy said those are great scores and we can offer you anything you want except nuclear power.

It wasn't easy but I learned a lot, had adventures, matured, developed self-confidence and then they paid for me to go to college.

Different people say different things about the life experiences in the different branches. The marines are the toughest, most militant, and most poorly funded.  They really will turn you into a marine/soldier before any job specialty.  The air force treats their enlisted personnel more respectfully, more like civilians than the other branches but you'll be working in fairly remote locations so there's less adventure in the air force. The air force is more like a civilian job.  The army and navy are similar in relation to funding, job specialties/school opportunities.. military bearing/structure are about the same. Adventures are about the same. People stationed on ships will visit many interesting ports-of-call.   Not so much if you have shore duty.  Coast guard is similar to the navy, but there is less time spent at sea. The coast guard is mostly but not exclusively domestic. That said it seems exciting and there are plenty of cool places to be stationed in the US.

Good luck[/quote]

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