[nathanbedford]

My first choice would also be the senior service as the most intellectually rigorous and scientifically oriented of the services. The fields of specialization is extremely broad including land, sea, air, under the sea, space, radio, radar etc. In other words, if he learns a skill in the Navy it is more likely to be something useful in the civilian world upon his discharge.

He's likely to stay warmer, dryer, cooler, and be better fed. The uniform doesn't hurt with the girls either.

Good luck!

[JRandomFreeper]

As a former zoomie, I would have to agree with you. Not that the other services aren't intellectually rigorous, but in the Navy, you can strike for a rating. In the AF, you are stuck with your AFSC for quite a while before crosstraining.

BTW, as a manager at a telecom manufacturing company, I once hired a clutch of young Marines that were all mustering out at the same time... 4 or 5 of them. I watched 2 of them hack through the firmware password of a Sparc 5 in about 7 minutes. Dummies don't do that.

They were some of the best employees I had.

You just had to be careful about expressing your desires, or the division director would be complaining to you about hi-jacked equipment and offices. ;) But they sure could get things done.

/johnny