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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Exactly. Military is a back up when all else fails. I hope to think that our military isnt full of people that couldnt hack civilian life. And like Jim said, recruiters must have a hard on for guys and gals like this, as well as the gung-ho types that cant wait to get out of HS to go sign up, but at least those people are going in for a reason, and its those people that make or at least made up the back bone of our military might.
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Well it is made up of many types of people, just like any other field of work. Some come there because they didn't make it in the civilian world for some reason, and to some it was their original intention. There's no one type that signs up.
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Originally Posted by Ian
I wouldn't call the military a "back up plan" at all. more like an alternative route. this is a stigma that needs to be put to rest. they pay for college, which is a big selling point. no everyone has the drive or the funds to go to college straight out of high school. some people need a little more structure in their lives. the military can provide that.
the military can open up a lot of opportunities for people who haven't had a formal education.
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I called it a back up plan simply because that is what I treat it as, for myself. It has been MY back up plan ever since I graduated HS. At first i was going to join USAF because I wanted to fly, but if I couldn't find aid for my school USAF was the only choice for me. Later the military served as a back up plan as I applied to PSU and RU, if I did not get into those schools I would have signed up for service after I got my Associates at CC.
Back up plan was not meat as demeaning, I respect military the most out of any other organization. My father (step father technically) made me respect them because he was an Officer, and although he has not part of the US military the respect carries on. There is no one that has more balls and courage than the military personnel.
As a soon to be PSU graduate I'm still not dismissing military as my back up alternative.