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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you react as a parent today when your kid says they are thinking of joining either the Marines or the military.[/quote]

I'm an Air Force veteran (officer), ROTC grad, and served for several years in the early 2000s and then got out to go to law school. A flat no for my DD, at least right now. Look, sexual harassment and assault is still an enormous problem. We'll see where it is in a decade, after the culture has finally adapted to having sexual assault prosecution decisions taken away from commanders. But even then, r[b]ejoining civilian life after the military is very very difficult and military service does not prepare you for the civilian workforce,[/b] no matter what the sales pitch says. Most people are not as lucky as I have been to get to a good law school and become a federal attorney. [/quote]

I've heard so many people say this! I work at a law firm and one of the guys who works in the mail room was telling me he was in the Navy and or Marines (I can't recall which) and they trained him in telecommunications, but when he got out in civilian life he found what he'd been taught was completely outdated and useless. He worked as a security guard for a while and then wanted to work indoors and not have to wear a uniform, which is how he found his way to our mail room. He said all the security guards he knew were ex-military and couldn't get jobs in what they'd trained for.[/quote]

Maybe for enlisted…

But I was an officer and all the friends I served with (also officers) had zero problems finding good careers once out, even if there isn’t an exact skill set comparable, the leadership training alone is a huge bonus to any companies.  Plus we all have college degrees in various fields.  Also, are so many military careers that do directly translate: anything medical, dental, physical therapy, OT, law, HR, PR, aviation, supply chain[/quote]

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