This is a comment on a blog entitled "8 reasons not to join the military", in which the author makes several ridiculous claims: i’ve happily served my country for over 11 years now. i wouldn’t trade it for a thing. i have met the best people in the United States, i have seen things/places that most americans will never see (london, germany, south korea, parts of africa), but most americans won’t travel and that’s their mistake. i would have never met the people i have met, seen the places i have seen, or learned the things that i have learned, if it wasn’t for the army. have i enjoyed every day that i’ve been in? nope. but i don’t expect anyone to love their job every day. i’m not blind to what’s going on with the upper echelon of our government. in fact, i would like to say that i’m more informed that most americans in the fact that i really know what’s going on. i see the big picture because i live it. and that’s fine if you disagree. i really dont’ care. go to your science degree, go to your teaching degree, go to your arts degree. you will not go where i’ve been, see what i’ve seen, or experience anything close to the brotherhood that i have experienced. you will never love the way i love my fellow man and woman. you will never cherish life the way i do. you will never understand the gratitude that i have for other veterans that are willing to sacrifice everything to save MY life, even though i don’t know them. like the sailor above, i don’t know him/her, but i’d be willing to save their life with no questions asked because of mentality. the bigger picture is that we work as a team, as one unit to accomplish something for the bigger goal/mission. you’ll read that as brain washing, but as any other corporation or company, they have goals/missions/benchmarks to reach, same with the military. people have to work well as a group to accomplish that. that’s why most major companies do want retired military personnel as employees because they know how to work with people, they know how to manage people, and they know how to push people to make them accomplish a goal. i don’t regret a single day that i’m in the military. it’s been the best parts of my life, besides getting married. i would really hope that some article doesn’t convince you either way on joining or not joining. i’m not saying you should join, in fact, i’m saying if you don’t want to, then don’t. we don’t want you. we want people that actually want to be in the military. we want people that want to better themselves, learn new skills (and these skills aren’t just killing and murdering little babies. we learn real first aid, machine work, driver’s safety, protection services, a SO much more), and to be able to take something back to society and teach them, or save someone’s life. we, as service members, do give up several rights for good reasons. we aren’t allowed to protest, we aren’t allowed to comment on our political views. because if we did, we would change how we view each other. “oh you view it this way, well i’m not going to help you!”. we have to think and act as one, pushing aside our personal ideals so we don’t hate within and act like fools and fail our missions. SGT Kevin Fischer
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:00:47 +0000
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