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Dallas · 01-04-2006, 07:26 AM

I learned a lot in the Army, leadership,patience, tact, how to set up an interlocking field of fire, how to call in Arty support, how to lay a mine field (no jokes please) and lots of other really nifty stuff that is totally irrelavent in the real world. Whichever service you choose, pick a job that will give a skill in the civilian world. Sure being an Airborne Ranger is great and looks and sounds good while you are in. But once you're out unless you get a job with Hallyburton over in the sand box it has little practical application in the real world. A skill on the other hand may just set you up for the rest of your life. And speaking from expierence eating one cold MRE (c-rations in my day) being cold/wet or hot/sweaty and sleeping on the ground, if you get any sleep aint all it's cracked up to be after awhile. My .02 cents.

01-04-2006, 07:26 AM	#6
Dallas PUKHA DAWG Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C. Posts: 3,583 Trader Rating: (0)	I learned a lot in the Army, leadership,patience, tact, how to set up an interlocking field of fire, how to call in Arty support, how to lay a mine field (no jokes please) and lots of other really nifty stuff that is totally irrelavent in the real world. Whichever service you choose, pick a job that will give a skill in the civilian world. Sure being an Airborne Ranger is great and looks and sounds good while you are in. But once you're out unless you get a job with Hallyburton over in the sand box it has little practical application in the real world. A skill on the other hand may just set you up for the rest of your life. And speaking from expierence eating one cold MRE (c-rations in my day) being cold/wet or hot/sweaty and sleeping on the ground, if you get any sleep aint all it's cracked up to be after awhile. My .02 cents. Last edited by Dallas; 01-04-2006 at 09:34 AM.