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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. He thinks it sounds like a cool adventure before he settles in to a different career. [/quote]

NP. Friend's son was thinking exactly like yours -- cool adventure, plus he had it in his head that the military would allow him to work with the computer programming he really wanted to be doing and he'd get great experience in that field. He really bought into the marketing hype the services produce so well, and one parent said he seemed to picture it being like a computer game.

Fortunately one of his parents is a veteran and gave a pretty tough explanation that no, you do not necessarily get to do what YOU think is cool, adventurous or career-enhancing if you sign up for the military. Eventually? Do you eventually get to specialize in something like your preferred skill? Maybe, sure. But zero guarantees, and zero ability to change your mind once you're in, or have any choices in the early years -- yeah, years, not months. I think the kid finally got the message that the military would not be the cool adventure he thought, and would mean giving up his ability to choose much for quite a long time. He went to college instead.

Can you find someone you know who is a vet, who can talk to him frankly and explain how the marketing to young would-be recruits does not really show what military commitment is like? Or can you get him to accept a deal where he can join up after college if he's still interested at that time? Because if he does that, he is far less likely to join up after he's had four years of being fairly independent. 
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