Don't listen to the advice above, Infantry is the best choice that you can start with. You're either Infantry... or you work for the Infantry (that's not just an arrogant saying, it's the truth). If you want another job, stay a civilian, it pays better. Some people don't get the big picture; some day you're going to get old and eventually die. How do you want to remember your life; sitting in a cubicle.... or kicking in doors and making a difference?
You can change career fields later, but your best start is always in the Infantry, don't let anyone tell you different.
I didn't tell him he shouldn't go infantry, I asked why he thought he was going to?
Me and a friend signed up for ranger training in 1982, when it came time to leave, I was sick and couldn't go, they let my friend go and told me I would make the next class and we'd still end up together, I'd just be a little behind.
Well before I could go, he was already home, washed out.
I waited a while before going back, (tonsils). When I did make it back to MEPS, I had to re test,, I scored in The top 10%, I could do anything I wanted , but all I really wanted was to get in and going,, I could fly that day, and got $6000. Bonus for 36c,, sounded good,
I was in, I could change jobs later I was prepared and I had a good chance of making it, and I did ,,
I worked with infantry, I worked with the Air Force , I spent time with armor, I went to an air force school for 118 days, I traveled all over Europe, I did everything there except my job,
while stateside I trained officers, I trained and evaluated the Porto Rico national gaurd, I evaluated infantry platoon qualification and their ability to defend against air targets.
my next school of choice would have been warrant officers school, had I stayed in,
at any re up time I could have went infantry,, or I could have went, EOD,, EOD paid $10,000 bonus upon completion of school,, But I went home, had heart trouble and the rest is history.
I got an associate degree in electronics and telecommunications systems, had more hours of training than any company in the US required for employment at the time of my EOS, I saw the world, I met people from Greece, east and west Germany, Korea, England, Porto Rico , Russia, France, , a watched the Berlin Wall come down, I watched the greatest air shows in the world, I watched as the M-1 cut its teeth, as well as the Hummer, I shot rifles with the best In all of Europe , and beat most of them!
Yea, infantry would have been a much better deal!
Don't fence yourself in! It's an adventure, or at least that's what I believed when I joined ,
yes,, the commercial sold me, I could have stayed home and farmed, I didn't need the military, I wanted it, Ranger would have been awesome, but what I got was also, AWESOME! Not everyone can be a grunt, and the grunt won't survive without everyone else, we all work for the same goal.
