I admit i may join military

I always wanted to help my country, although i do not aprove of the war, nor the fighting. If i join military i would want to be a nurse, a navigational leader or something, i couldn't imagine killing. Yet i want to join military so i can go to college for free, and help my country.

PLEASE do not make a decision like this based on the educational benefits.

If you want to go to college, you'll figure out a way to...trust me. You may have student loans, but if you go to a nearby state school (living at home), you are able to very much mitigate the expense (particularly if you go to a community college for your first two years). Then, you can apply for financial aide and hopefully get some options that way. Then everything else can be covered by student loans. If there is ONE thing in life that is worth going into debt over, it's your education. (Says the girl who will likely graduate law school with about $100,000 in student loans...)


You still have at least three years to let life happen to you...I'm sure that will help make up your mind.

And I still support my earlier shameless plug for the CG...

I am not just doing it because of free college. My word people, i never said "just for the college." And though i am kind of smart, i am not enough to get a scholarship some day to go to college, nor can i afford it, but should that deny me the right to want to go? Plus ever since i was about 7 i wanted to be a nurse or a person who works on the computers at home base and watches over them. I may be a "sissie" as you say because i don't want to kill BIG WHOOP. God loves sissies who fight in other ways too. But i am afraid to join for i am only 14 now i still need years of training till i am there.
Plus if i join the milirary/ army i will be the first woman in my family too, both of my grand fathers were in army, and navy/sqaud teams. Not only will i be doing my childhood dream, i will be able to have a free college education!

All of these posts were on topic. They were all discussing the merits of pacifism and medics, all refered to in the original post. You mods seem to fail to understand that threads evolve in discussion. This one, however, did not. Please refer to the origional post and you will see the relevancy. This is a misuse of power on you part.

Please try to stay on topic gentlemen and Meg.

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Originally posted by notsojoey:

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g. Yet i want to join military so i can go to college for free

I would reconsider joining the military if the only reason you are doing so is to go to college for free.

I agree wholeheartedly on that one.

If you do decide to join the military, might I suggest the Coast Guard? It would be the branch least likely to send you overseas, and they're about saving lives, not ending them. Plus they get to spend time on the water. :]

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g. Yet i want to join military so i can go to college for free

I would reconsider joining the military if the only reason you are doing so is to go to college for free.

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Bushsupporter:
I don't want sissies who are afraid to kill protecting my family.

You do realize that a good deal of the military leaders in this country stay safely in the United States while the troops go off to risk their lives?

Furthermore, you do realize that not every job in the military requires use of a gun? Indeed, I wouldn't want a pacifist defending civilians, but I sure as hell would want one as a medic patching up wounded soldiers. But hey, that's not glamorous, so I suppose it's not as important.

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Originally posted by alienz3:
I admit i may join military

I always wanted to help my country, although i do not aprove of the war, nor the fighting. If i join military i would want to be a nurse, a navigational leader or something, i couldn't imagine killing. Yet i want to join military so i can go to college for free, and help my country.

Don't join the military if you "couldn't imagine killing." I don't want sissies who are afraid to kill protecting my family. Sorry, I guess that includes you.