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Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Military is the weapon of the government. Bashing U.S. government. I have no desire to have my child invade, bomb, drone kill people in another country.

When I served I never can close to doing anything like that. Military bases are like small cities, they have nearly every career imaginable.

Head in the sand. WHY do all of those little cities exist? To support the "trigger pullers" (miitary jargon)

They exist so you and millions of other people can enjoy many freedoms that otherwise would have been destroyed by enemies of the US.

Which enemies and which freedoms were being attacked? How were these freedoms in danger of being destroyed? Please give examples.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. He thinks it sounds like a cool adventure before he settles in to a different career.

I think a lot of PPs are not going back and looking at this post above by the OP. It's pretty vital information for addressing OP's question rather than just opining about military service in general.

The DS is not focused on some particular career path right now, nor is he focused on the military because he sees it as public service and he's devoted to public service, nor is he a "true believer" in the military mission. He's a teenager who thinks it "sounds like a cool adventure."

All the more reason for him to finish college FIRST and see how he truly feels after that, when he's four years more mature. My money would be on his not being interested after four years away at college mostly doing his own independent thing. If he is still interested at that time, he'll be a better bet to commit and stick with the military than he probably is as a teenager just seeing it as a cool adventure.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Sorry but this is how many Americans feel. You may not like to hear it, but that does not change how they feel.

They have a right, especially since taxpayers support EVERY service member's salary, benefits, equipment, etc.

No, this anti military stance is the outlier. Even among moderates and democrats. It’s the DC bubble.

Do you know how to read? OP’s Q is, “ How would you feel” if DS joined the military after college? Pay attention.

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Anonymous wrote:Understand there is a huge difference in quality of life and jobs if you are enlisted vs. officer so those saying they have degrees and officers are in a different situation than OP. OP, college first, then military.

This. I’d be fine with my kids joining after getting a four degree. I’m 42 and have a bunch of friends who did that, men and women. They were pilots, doctors, engineers, etc in the military and are now retiring after 20 years of service with excellent benefits. Those who are slightly older finished a few years ago and quickly got hired in the civilian world making great money.

What $ is great money?

Anonymous wrote:I would feel like I failed as a parent.

Why

Anonymous wrote:I'd kill him.

This made me lol

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Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Sorry but this is how many Americans feel. You may not like to hear it, but that does not change how they feel.

They have a right, especially since taxpayers support EVERY service member's salary, benefits, equipment, etc.

No, this anti military stance is the outlier. Even among moderates and democrats. It’s the DC bubble.

Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Sorry but this is how many Americans feel. You may not like to hear it, but that does not change how they feel.

They have a right, especially since taxpayers support EVERY service member's salary, benefits, equipment, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Military is the weapon of the government. Bashing U.S. government. I have no desire to have my child invade, bomb, drone kill people in another country.

When I served I never can close to doing anything like that. Military bases are like small cities, they have nearly every career imaginable.

Head in the sand. WHY do all of those little cities exist? To support the "trigger pullers" (miitary jargon)

They exist so you and millions of other people can enjoy many freedoms that otherwise would have been destroyed by enemies of the US.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Military is the weapon of the government. Bashing U.S. government. I have no desire to have my child invade, bomb, drone kill people in another country.

When I served I never can close to doing anything like that. Military bases are like small cities, they have nearly every career imaginable.

Head in the sand. WHY do all of those little cities exist? To support the "trigger pullers" (miitary jargon)

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Anonymous wrote:Would advise him against it, but it's his life and he's an adult.

A young adult who probably does not knows what he is doing.

If your kid is still so idiotic that he doesn't know what he's doing and can't make his own life choices even after four years of college, then he probably wouldn't make the cut to be in the military in the first place. They don't accept just anyone you know.

Anonymous wrote:Would advise him against it, but it's his life and he's an adult.

A young adult who probably does not knows what he is doing.

As long as it wasn't the Army! My late father was a career USAF officer.

I'd be supportive and proud.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t let the man send you off to die to help corporate America. Hell no!

I'm of this same gut reaction, and I say this as the spouse of a veteran and member of a military family.

If it were my kid and it was a thirst for public service he's after, that's a good and noble thing. And I would produce the laundry list of alternative ways to serve society.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh another military bashing thread, how lovely.

Military is the weapon of the government. Bashing U.S. government. I have no desire to have my child invade, bomb, drone kill people in another country.

When I served I never can close to doing anything like that. Military bases are like small cities, they have nearly every career imaginable.