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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse did ROTC at a well regarded university.  It worked out because he still had a "normal" college experience for the most part.  He was on scholarship, so he had no/few student loans, and got to be a commissioned officer upon graduation.

Some of our brilliant woman friends who we met through ROTC had very accomplished military careers in science with multiple graduate degrees paid for by the military and cushy assignments no where near danger.

Having lived that life with him, my recommendations are:

Be an officer and avoid going to a war zone by joining the Air Force or Navy[/quote]

Our air force friends have absolutely been in a war zone.  Same with Navy.  Not sure where this is coming from or someone isn't really that familiar with military.  Officers still go to the war zones.  Someone has to command.[/quote]

My husband was in for 12 years.  I've met many people from all branches.  People in the Army and Marines are much more likely to be in war zones.  You know this.  [/quote]

Army and Marines are front lines by nature of their jobs but we have friends who are Air Force, as is my husband, who was in for 20 years, who were front lines.  They were cross trained.  Don't think for a minute just because you are another branch you will not go.  Now they have joint bases and are intermixing the branches a lot.  Meeting people from all branches clearly gives you a very limited view.  You should know this.  Navy go in ships but they are absolutely front lines.[/quote]

Don't be obtuse.  You know that what "more likely" means.  It doesn't eliminate the possibility, it reduces it.  But go on and continue to insist you're correct.

OP, tell her to go Navy or Air Force.  [/quote]

All our Air Force friends were deployed after the war started.  Several were hitting their 20, like my husband and got out as they had plans to get out anyway, but all got activated and many were front lines (as in riding in the trucks carrying guns).  Even doctors we know.  And, in career fields you'd think were not ones they'd choose to go.  [/quote]

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