It all depends on what you want. Some people will tell you not to go into the Army or Marines because you'll only be a infantry guy or whatever. That's not true, there are thousands of other jobs in all the Branches that you can transfer your experience into the civilian world.
Wise words. Even in the Marines and army most people are not grunts. When I joined I was what they call aviation garrunteed. In other words I was garrunteed to be in the airwing. No 20 mile humps and no people shooting at this boy. Or so I thought But really most of my time was spent going to school. I went to aviation school teaching you the basics of aviation, then basic electronics school. After that they gave you a choice of MOSs by your place in the class. In other words those with the highest ranking(me ) get first pick of the available spots.I chose photo recon. So it was off to Pensacola for 4 monthas of basic photography and then advance photgraphy school. Your then sent to a squadron for some OJT. Every few months its off to another school like a systems school on the particular systems used in Your MOS and aircraft. So after all this electronics and potography trainingg what did I do when I got out? I went right back to the same old job I had before I went in. Being a projectionist. Really dumb of me now that I look back on it. Nothing prepares you better for a good job in civilian life than the military. Id like to add that no matter what branch you choose I am proud of you for offering your services to our country.

Oh man I cant believe what I just found. My eyes are tearing up as I post this. Heres one of my birds I used to work on. Man I was all over this thing.
Good old double nuts.



Brings back many fond memeories. Well this has given me the idea for another thread.