So in case you want to know what's going on, here's a little update:
Yes, as of this moment I plan on joining the Marines.
I would like to leave late January or very early February, but due to circumstances that are difficult to explain, it may not be till more like April.
I get three choices of jobs. Since I have an AA and no criminal record I get priority in choosing my job. My first preference is Cryptilogic linguist (translationa and interrogation). My second is Combat Correspondant. My third choices are all unavailable right now due to circumstances that are hard to explain. But I'm pretty sure that I will get one of those two jobs.
There is a small chance of none of this working out due to a couple of small medical issues I have to have checked out. I'm pretty sure they won't be a problem; it's just a pain in the ass to gather all my medical records.
Also if I don't meet a certain physical strength criteria it could delay or derail the whole thing.
I guess that's pretty much everything that I know for now.
Yes, I know that most of you think this thing is rediculous. Yes I realize I might hate it and if so I'm stuck for a very long time. Yes I realize I could die or get injured. Yes I realize I might have to kill innocent people (although avoiding that is my first priority in choosing jobs) and I know that I will be part of a somewhat corrupt machine. I will probably grow to hate that aspect. Yes I realize that life in the military is probably not what I'm imagining it to be. I will be lonely a lot. I will be around people I can't stand. Yes I realize that they have every power to fuck me over. Yes I understand I may be making the biggest mistake of my life
but
when it comes down to it, it's my mistake to make. I want to do it for so many reasons that are hard to exlain here. It scares the hell out of me, but I am confident that I will make the best of it and it will ultimately be a rewarding experience.
We all know that it will change me. I'll come out a somewhat different person. I just hope that everyone will try to respect and understand me if I do seem different. that's all I ask. but if I turn into an asshole I fully fully expect you to tell me.
ps: how come no-one has said anything about the new profile pic yet?
ok I know it's cheesy.
Yes, as of this moment I plan on joining the Marines.
I would like to leave late January or very early February, but due to circumstances that are difficult to explain, it may not be till more like April.
I get three choices of jobs. Since I have an AA and no criminal record I get priority in choosing my job. My first preference is Cryptilogic linguist (translationa and interrogation). My second is Combat Correspondant. My third choices are all unavailable right now due to circumstances that are hard to explain. But I'm pretty sure that I will get one of those two jobs.
There is a small chance of none of this working out due to a couple of small medical issues I have to have checked out. I'm pretty sure they won't be a problem; it's just a pain in the ass to gather all my medical records.
Also if I don't meet a certain physical strength criteria it could delay or derail the whole thing.
I guess that's pretty much everything that I know for now.
Yes, I know that most of you think this thing is rediculous. Yes I realize I might hate it and if so I'm stuck for a very long time. Yes I realize I could die or get injured. Yes I realize I might have to kill innocent people (although avoiding that is my first priority in choosing jobs) and I know that I will be part of a somewhat corrupt machine. I will probably grow to hate that aspect. Yes I realize that life in the military is probably not what I'm imagining it to be. I will be lonely a lot. I will be around people I can't stand. Yes I realize that they have every power to fuck me over. Yes I understand I may be making the biggest mistake of my life
but
when it comes down to it, it's my mistake to make. I want to do it for so many reasons that are hard to exlain here. It scares the hell out of me, but I am confident that I will make the best of it and it will ultimately be a rewarding experience.
We all know that it will change me. I'll come out a somewhat different person. I just hope that everyone will try to respect and understand me if I do seem different. that's all I ask. but if I turn into an asshole I fully fully expect you to tell me.
ps: how come no-one has said anything about the new profile pic yet?
ok I know it's cheesy.VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
I've never met you so i cannot say much from a perspective beyond just data stored on a few machines.
You felt like you were not going anywhere and being in the military will at least give you something outside of yourself to focus on.
So make the most of it and just remember how Private Joker dealt with that Vietnamese prostitute come Vietcong sniper.