There Are Plenty Of Reasons To Join The Military

By Linda Maynard


When people are wondering what it is they will do with their lives or a teenager is wondering what they will do after high school there are sometimes more options than they might think available to them. For one, there are many reasons to join the military and for people who do not know what to do it might just be their best bet.

The United States Military has long been one of the best institutions around for people who have nowhere to go in life. It has a long standing tradition of taking people with no goals or no respect for themselves and turning them into well respected men. It can take boys and turn them into men and also make people some of the most respected people that you will ever meet.

That being the case, more and more people are looking to sign up because to them there is no chance of going to war and getting hurt. Although people want to be seen as courageous and brave, no one wants to go off and die. This bravado is one of the reasons that peace time numbers are so high for our nation's troop levels.

People generally talk bad about things that they do not understand. The service is the one place in the world that you can go and get your school paid for and at the same time you will be trained on a variety of jobs that you can take back to the civilian world. Many people think that you cannot take artillery training back to the real world but there is more to it than that.

Before you go to basic training you are required to take a test called the ASVAB test. This is a general skills test that will basically test your ability and knowledge of everything and anything that you could have learned throughout your life and in school. Your score on this test will determine the jobs that you are qualified for.

This is a very important test because without it they would not know where to place any individual. Once you take the test and get your score you will know what is available to you. You can then pick from those jobs. Many of the jobs, matter of fact about 80% or more can be taken back to the civilian world.

The military life is not all that bad either, at least not as bad as some people would have you believe. You will have a place to live and a place where you will be taken care of. The friendships that you make will last a lifetime and you will get all the training and schooling that you will need for your job and your career.

There are many reasons to join the military but maybe none as important as defending the country that you love. There are many people who love the United States but only a small few have the courage to say that they spent time as its defender. There is a lot of pride that comes with that service and a paycheck that goes along with it.




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