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I’ve always hated when this question comes up, because in the end, nobody that comments is paying your bills or walking in your shoes, so in the end you’re going to have the good and the bad that people will talk about, but in the end the decision is 100% yours and yours alone. From a Navy standpoint, will you deploy and see different countries, yeah, could you also be forced to mop water off the flight deck in the rain? Also yes. Could you do well, advance and have a very satisfying career whether 4 or 40 years? Yeah. Could you end up at a bad command with bad leadership and hate your life for 4 years? Also yeah. Could you get fired tomorrow from your civilian job and not be able to find another one for months? Yeah. In the end there is good and bad, but it’s 100% up
To you and what YOU want to do. Maybe you feel patriotic and want to do something bigger than yourself, or maybe it was a fleeting thought, and you’re happy with your current trajectory and don’t wanna rock the boat.
I’m 192 days from retirement in the Navy. I’ve deployed 6 times on 3 different ships, seen 28 Countries, got married (18 years in August) had 4 kids. I’ve had good commands, bad commands and amazing
Commands. If I could do it all over again knowing what I know now, would I? Absolutely. But that’s my story and everyone’s is different.
Hoping to get into sales.
All great reasons! I’m Army Reserve. Love it! Have been to 3 counties with the Reserve. GI Bill you have to do 36 months active, so it’s hard unless you’re motivated. Definitely recommend entering as a commissioned officer, unless you have a great reason to be enlisted. Air Force Loadmasters would take you all over the world, as an example.
What do you want to do? Are you thinking of active or reserves?
Of note: you can travel the world and have a lot more fun not being in the military, you can get job security without the risk of life in other government work, you might be able to get your company to pay for an MBA, and the military doesn’t force you to save money (see strip clubs, tattoo parlors, payday lenders, and used car dealers outside every major base)
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The reserves in general blows for time management - often working for shit pay, getting 5% of the time to do what active duty folks do and basically never getting as good. You work your day job then work reserves on the weekends. Oh - and your retirement doesn’t kick in until 65 whereas active duty retirement can kick in right at 38
If your top reasons don’t include serving the nation or a willingness to engage in combat then don’t. The reasons you current list are benefits to you. What does the nation get from your service?
There's no war right now, General gung-ho
Second the “Don’t” response
wrong direction bro look at career growth in ur field
what’s even better than GI Bill is not wasting money on school. unless if u want to be a professor and generally don’t care about money
MBA opens doors. And with GI bill opportunity cost is lower. You could also do the MBA part time while working to lower it more. Most people coming out of the military aren’t going to go straight into MBB or the Finance equivalent.
Peace time military is an abstract kind of hell. There is nothing to 'do' which means they will make up things to do (this is bad news for you). Promotions are limited since there's no war and funding is subpar for the same reasons. If you do go in, make sure it's a job that offers top secret clearance, there's a lot of federal contracting work that pays good money just for having one.
World travel? Not likely outside standard rotations, but only if you stay long term. Job security? Yes, but don't expect to be paid. GI bill? If you have your bachelor's already, there's not much value from an MBA, and you can get one without having to join the military. Saving money? This is a personal financial planning skill. The military will NOT teach you any of this, you have to learn/teach yourself. This is more like truckers/oil rigger 'savings', ie. work in a crappy rural/remote area with no way of spending money anywhere outside comfort gas station-tier purchases until you go back home. Problem is military will only give that environment during basic training, if your spending habits are bad now, they will remain so after you leave the training environment.
I did it. Join a branch that won’t treat you like shit. Aka air force or space force (if you wanna go active).
Don’t
Why?
Active duty wise - You may travel the “world” and you may not. No, it isn’t secure as they downsize and for e MOS changes (theyre doing this now). Sure, you can save money living in the barracks and on training rotations, but it won’t be the best of food nor living conditions; if you’re married you can get on post housing but there’s waiting lists everywhere and the COLA is so far behind when it comes to renting off posts.
Reserves is cool I guess, but it will hinder your career eventually.
Long term trajectory, you will fall behind your peers being away and there is definitely a bias no matter the law.
I say yes go for it, it’s a job you can keep until you retire, and you can retire early and get a job in civilian life something you actually want to do not something you have to do. It’s is so much better than civilian life Navy said it right where you can have good bad and ugly commands but also amazing ones as well. You can also put in for the country that you want to go to. It isn’t something you would regret really unless you’re suffering through Basic Training ha ha but that is only 6 weeks you can do it!! Tech School is so much easier. Go for Air Force unless you have your heart set on something else. Marines and Army are the most difficult no offense to those. The military is more comradery its respect, love of country. It’s hard to explain. I wish I hadn’t got out. In the military you know you always have a job they are always there for you they are your support system. It’s worth it. The benefits outweigh anything in civilian life.