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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the main benefits of enlisting in the army/navy etc?  Can one come out ahead with this trajectory?[/quote]

I enlisted, traveled the world, learned a technical job, was supervising and being held accountable for other people's work by the time I was 20, lived abroad, and got four years of college tuition free. I got experience and an education I could never get at a university.

But I think the military services and world situation has changed since I was in. I would go in with eyes open, and be sure you have guaranteed training in the field you want. [/quote]

A guy who works in the mail room of my company was in the military (Navy?). He was taught something about telephone wires in there, and when he got out he thought he'd get a job doing the same thing as a civilian and found out the military was over a decade behind the technology. So he worked private Security at a club for a couple of years before switching to mail rooms. [/quote]

My guess is this mail room guy's story is not fully fleshed.
Look, even I know about telephone wires, low vo and fiber optics and I am not in the trade. The military, as I understand it, develops what latent talents you have because they need it. If a person doesn't demonstrate aptitude, that person wont get more challenging work. Incompetence would be dangerous.[/quote]

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