[Lizavetta]

The Navy gave my son hell when he was trying to enlist. Admittedly, he had a lot of trouble when he was under 18. He got involved in drugs

The Air Force rejected my son because, although he nailed the ASVAB, he is nearsighted and had acne at the time.

[vpintheak]

Air Force is more picky. Even the Marines are, they will only accept a couple hundred a year with GED’s. My son got his GED after studying for 2 weeks and he aced the ASVAB too.
Became a journeyman laborer extremely quickly and had companies begging to get him to work for them. Problem is they are always on project work. Gone for 4-6 weeks at a time, back for 2-3. You make a lot of money, but no home life. He met a lot of guys that were on their 4th wife, kids with all the previous ones, or were single at 50. He didn’t want that life. It’s tough.