Who wants to join the Army? They do.

Chicago Tribune ^ | June | Jason George

[Bear_Slayer]

Calumet

Isn't that the location of the Red Dawn movie?

[Duke Wayne]

There are hero,s born every day, this is there time and they will do there best.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Red Dawn was set in a fictional town called Calumet, Colorado.

[Bear_Slayer]

Thanks

Great movie!

[Valin]

Karen Dandridge, Richard Forrest Jr. and Rolando Medina all graduated from high school last week and live only a couple of miles apart, but they never ran with the same crowd until now.

The U.S. Army has brought them together.

One of the most important lessons I learned from the Air Force was working with people that I had nothing in common with.

[Non-Sequitur]

Isn't that the location of the Red Dawn movie?

Nope. Cal City is south suburban Chicago.

[Renderofveils]

"Thomas Jefferson once wrote to James Monroe that every citizen should be a soldier at some point."

Roger that!

There would be no faster death for our fighting readiness than to have every citizen serve in our armed forces.

[Jotmo]

I would prefer the Robert A. Heinlein system.

No one has to serve, but only those who have may vote.

[babydoll22]

Calling all Freepers.

My son came to us last week and said he was interested in joining the military and wanted our advice as to which branch to join.

I am at a complete loss as neither my spouse nor I have ever served.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[ops33]

Excellent point!!

[Jotmo]

The one where the enlisted send the offices off to die, while they hang out well behind the lines. ;-) The Air Force.

[Valin]

AIR FORCE!! We're the smart ones...send the officers out to fight.

[freema]

Don't know if you (or those from other branches) really want to hear this, but here goes. When ours was making his decision, his father's advise was:

"Odds are you'll go over, you might as well learn the best and right way to do things."

I concurred. We made sure his head was on straight, that he really had a good clear realistic, unglorified picture (seek out some vets-old ones are the best, they've got the wisdom of sages), and then, all that was left to do was cover him in prayer before he left home and we've never let up since he left. God bless you all.

[TADSLOS]

There are exceptions to every rule:

Air Combat Controllers

[mystery-ak]

Invite the recruiters(one by one) to your house and sit around the kitchen table with your son and see what each branch has to offer...then decide.....make sure everything you want is written in the contract.....Good luck....and thank your son for wanting to serve....HOO'AH..

[pgobrien]

Air Force if you want an education and decent living conditions. Navy is you want good chow Marines if you REALLY want to see some action. I was drafted, so I had no choice - but I enjoyed my service with some of the best soldiers in the world.

[knarf]

I think the first question to answer is .. What do you want to do?
I know a young man, waiting for orders to go over to Iraq .. that started out wanting to be a sniper and ending up a machine gunner in the Marines.
His motivation for joining in the first place was a sincere desire to do something in/to/for the Middle East because of the homocide attacks on us on September 11, 2001.

So the second question answered is .. Why?

After that ... then check out the different branches.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Depends on what he is interested in.

Is he planing to be career military or just four years?