quick rant because I just saw something that warrants the rant...
so this girl I met at boot camp, her husband was killed in Iraq last year (it was Easter Sunday if I remember correctly) and she picked up with a platoon and finished boot camp and is a US Marine... and now she's getting discharged, the worst part being that she wants to be discharged. maybe it's me being bitter, but that trash pisses me off - you go through boot camp, mct and then your job school and you give up!? what the fuck!? why bother in the first place? it's like the girls who got out for 'failure to adapt' in boot, what the hell is that about? it's supposed to be stressful, you're pushed to your limits, you become a United States Marine... and most of them are just giving that up... it's insulting as shit to hear about this when I was there longer than the average recruit, got injured, fought to stay and a navy doc signed the paperwork for me to be discharged... now I'm fighting to get back into the military and these girls are throwing it away...
some of this was sparked by the girls posting that it was their one-year of being in the corps and it made me a little depressed. I'm caught between the Marine Corps and the Navy, between enlisted and officer... my recruiter tells me I'm a Marine, I don't have the EGA, I have an expired ID card and name tapes... I feel lost, I'm not really a Marine, but I'm not a civilian... I'm forever a recruit... where does that put me? most of the population tells me I'm a Marine, even my former platoon members do - I want to believe them because it makes my time there more complete, but I don't know... I remember coming home right before the 4th of July and not knowing what to do with myself, I spent that day with my recruiters - I was terrified of all the people around me, I almost cried when I heard the national anthem... if I think this is bad now, wait til its been a year that I've been home...
I want to go back to Parris Island. I want to go through boot camp again. I need to be a United States Marine... but... now there's a guy... (yes, 'hardcore-career-first' me has lost her edge) and I think he's as good as it's going to get... or maybe I've only dated assholes up until now and I just don't know any better... I've factored him into my career planning, by all means I'm going back into the military, but I have a fear that if I go enlisted, I'm going to lose him... yes, I can pay my bills, get out of debt, have school paid for, etc... but this is the first person I can say that I trust and I don't want to lose that... bah... I need to stop before I go off on another rant... g'night.
so this girl I met at boot camp, her husband was killed in Iraq last year (it was Easter Sunday if I remember correctly) and she picked up with a platoon and finished boot camp and is a US Marine... and now she's getting discharged, the worst part being that she wants to be discharged. maybe it's me being bitter, but that trash pisses me off - you go through boot camp, mct and then your job school and you give up!? what the fuck!? why bother in the first place? it's like the girls who got out for 'failure to adapt' in boot, what the hell is that about? it's supposed to be stressful, you're pushed to your limits, you become a United States Marine... and most of them are just giving that up... it's insulting as shit to hear about this when I was there longer than the average recruit, got injured, fought to stay and a navy doc signed the paperwork for me to be discharged... now I'm fighting to get back into the military and these girls are throwing it away...
some of this was sparked by the girls posting that it was their one-year of being in the corps and it made me a little depressed. I'm caught between the Marine Corps and the Navy, between enlisted and officer... my recruiter tells me I'm a Marine, I don't have the EGA, I have an expired ID card and name tapes... I feel lost, I'm not really a Marine, but I'm not a civilian... I'm forever a recruit... where does that put me? most of the population tells me I'm a Marine, even my former platoon members do - I want to believe them because it makes my time there more complete, but I don't know... I remember coming home right before the 4th of July and not knowing what to do with myself, I spent that day with my recruiters - I was terrified of all the people around me, I almost cried when I heard the national anthem... if I think this is bad now, wait til its been a year that I've been home...
I want to go back to Parris Island. I want to go through boot camp again. I need to be a United States Marine... but... now there's a guy... (yes, 'hardcore-career-first' me has lost her edge) and I think he's as good as it's going to get... or maybe I've only dated assholes up until now and I just don't know any better... I've factored him into my career planning, by all means I'm going back into the military, but I have a fear that if I go enlisted, I'm going to lose him... yes, I can pay my bills, get out of debt, have school paid for, etc... but this is the first person I can say that I trust and I don't want to lose that... bah... I need to stop before I go off on another rant... g'night.
anyway, you've probably heard it before, but you've got time.
You can give the relationship priority, and if it strengthens enough, then he should be able to support you following what it is you want to do. If not then you can just evaluate and readjust later.
of course, if you can get the degree and go the officer route, I "highly reccomend" it.
in any case, good luck with whatever you decide to do.