[Halon]

Nice pictures, but I completely disagree with your perspective. I do not feel I failed in any aspect of my life. I joined fresh out of high school. I wasn't a failure in school, I did very well in school. That allowed me to pick pretty much any job I wanted in the enlisted side. The military deffinately had it's shitty parts, but so does everything else. For giving me free schooling, and the experiences I had that no one else my age would have chances of doing otherwise, and the position I'm in now after I completed my contract, I reccomend it to anyone who is considering it. Hell you can even be a complete moron, going in and out of jail, and join the military and you will have a half way decent job considering you're situation. You always know you have a paycheck coming the 1st and 15th.

And I also disagree about waiting. Sure wait till your 36, then see how fun it is to go through boot camp. Hell no. Being a 36 y/o private isn't what I'd call a great time. then you get out at 40, and you're looking for a job. So the employer has you, a 40 year old, and on the other hand he has a 26 year old, has twice the experience as you because he joined when he was 18 and stayed in for 8 years, and plus is still only 28 so he has a ton of working years still left in him.

I'm 23, I spent 5 years in. I would not be in this position if it wasn't for the marines. I'm not rich, but I consider myself to be doing quite well compared to most other 23 year olds.

Everyone has their own opinion, that's mine. I say if you want to join, DO IT!!

BTW, I like the pic where you said "this is how we deal with camel spiders". This is how we dealt with them. Put a bunch in a bucket and had us a gladiator style fight!

Also nice to see I wasn't the only one with a wierd 'Top' who liked his hats!