You guys crack me up. Shoot the wings of a nat's ass at 300m, sounds about right. As for me being a recruiter, never, I learned the facts because I am still in. If I had known before I got in, I would have made a different choice and gone to college, then the Army.

Such is life.

I am currently serving stateside, Army, that's why I know so much now. I tell all my little soldiers to go OCS or Green to Gold, or Warrant. I want to help these young kids succeed like crazy. Some of them are dumb as rocks and they love the Army for it. They don't need to think. Do what someone else tells you all day long and your fine. (The funny part is, that's the gist of real life to, just we do it in uniform.)

I still know the bad side of Military service, the stuff that no one talks about, I just haven't had to deal with it, yet. Deployment, not that bad. Having your wife cheat on you while you are 12k miles away, bad. Getting moved every couple of years, not that bad. Watching your kids lose all their friends every couple of years because you are changing duty stations, bad. Getting killed while fighting for your country's freedom, not that bad, kinda good actually. Getting killed in a training accident because some dumb 22 year old officer thought he knew better than you and you've been in for 10 years, bad.

For the most part the military is not that bad, not that much different than real life, just a little harder. But you get what you put in, and what ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Just remember that real life is hard, no matter what job you have, Army, Navy, Mechanic, Doctor, Lawyer, Account. You just get one big perk in the military, the people you work with will die for you. Do you think the guy at Arby's will take a bullet for you? Well? Do ya?