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I joined mainly because I wanted a leg up on my career path I had chosen. I had a uncle who introduced me to the world of law enforcement when I was 13 years old. After that all I wanted to be was a police officer.

After a year of college I was burnt out with school so I joined the US Army as a Military Police Officer. I spent two years in Korea and the rest of my three year commitment in Ft Leavenworth, Kansas. I was on the outside not the inside. I did regular police duties there as it is a large active duty base training officers. I joined the Iowa national guard after that and in Nov of 90 we were called up to participate in operation Desert shield. We were in Saudi when it changed to Operation Desert Storm. I was responsible for going into Iraq and gathering enemy POWs and taking them back to the POW camps in northern Saudi. We came home at the end of April 91. I stayed on active duty TDY until mid Sept. After which I departed the military in Dec. of 91 for a total military commitment of 9 years 5 months.

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Well I joined the US Marine Corps but I don't go to boot camp (Parris Island) until August. I joined for number of reasons: tired of school, eventually when I go to college I'll get money to do that, a completely different life than most people live, wanting to server my country, and a chance to become a helicopter pilot. While you have to be an officer and that's one of my goals, right now I'm just focused on getting through boot camp. Then I'll focus on my MOS which is Flight crew. After that I'll then decide if I like it enough to stay in longer- hopefully I will.

Plus both my parents were in the Navy, and my brother is currently in the Navy, so I didn't have a problem with joining the military.

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Kevin your my type of guy make it good for yourself and America. When your done give me a shout and we can go hunting.

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Hello I am currently serving in the British Army as a recruit. I have been in training for 15 weeks now and I am finding it hard work. The reason I joined was because I thought the Army offered a brilliant career and promotion opportunities. However I am strongly considering leaving because I am not enjoying the type of work and the stresses it involves I.e. Hearing that one of your friends has been shot or worse. I am fortunate enough to say that this hasn't happened to me but I look at myself as if I were in this situation and I don't think I would be able to cope with it as well as others might. Please understand that Army life is not easy and I advise anyone wanting join the Army to be 100% sure that they are doing the right thing.

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Whitelighter. The military is not for every one in that you are correct. I know that the training part is the hardest to get through. Getting through training is the best and the worse part of any recruits career. Training is designed to be very tough and it gets harder as you go through it. It is hard because it is designed to weed out those who are not right for the military. Once you make it through it gets easier. Then you rely on all your training to get you through all the hard times you may or may not encounter. Good luck on any decision you make.

Edited: KNtoran on 30th Jun, 2008 - 4:07pm

Why Did You Join The Military?

I served the Canadian Military as a weapons technician for a little over 2 years.

When I first joined I had no idea why I joined or even what I wanted to be, it was just a spontaneous idea that sprung up one afternoon and before the day was over I had filled out the paperwork.

After writing the qualification test I had a few things in mind "I like things that drive fast, I like big explosions, I like big guns, and I like to have fun and get paid for it." I scored pretty high and I had no idea what a weapon technician's description was I just randomly chose something that sounded fascinating to me.

I walked out just over a year ago without notice of leave. I still have not returned my kit. I did this for what seemed a valid reason at the time: They wanted me to go to the other side of Canada to do training all summer and my pregnant girlfriend was due at the beginning of July. They didn't seem to understand my situation so I was stuck between not being there to see the child be born or leaving the military. Months after the baby was born and after a DNA test it turned out the baby was not mine and we parted ways, Now I'm forced to live with my stupid mistake.

Anyone have any idea what type of trouble I am looking at concerning the government as they have tried to contact me several times and I always seem to miss the calls. I have tried calling back as well but the phone number they call from does not accept incoming calls.

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Off the grid comes to mind.

I can't really say what I would do in your situation as it is illegal.

Did this fascination of guns come instinctively or did it come from your enviroment?

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Well I grew up around street crime, and then was moved away from it into a more peaceful area. There wasn't much to do out there besides blow stuff up, work on cars, and go hunting, and the odd mountain climb, or hike through the trail is also a fun way to pass time.

I have moved back and forth between the country and city and everything in-between more times than I can count. I guess that is what makes me so adaptive to my surroundings.