NAVY

[Huck BB62]

Well, I think you'd do better outside of the Navy unless you're desperate for the freebie of it (if years of your life are cheap to you) It is fullfilling. You'll rack up experience quickly. I do have a buddy who's brother became a brain surgeon in the Navy. A hospital bought out his contract, that's how valuable he is now. (he makes $5k a callout, a helo picks him up in his freakin' front yard)

If you end up haze gray and under way and don't like it, you'll feel like a prisoner. But again, you'll get to see and do things that few others do. It's a trade off. The free, fun filled life stateside when you're young has some amount of value.

In the military, you're always, and I mean ALWAYS subjected. I mean that in the worst way. There will be times when you want to get away and you can't, when you want to clobber the pious self righteous loser in charge of you and can't. You can't leave. You can't quit. You can't hit 'em. Just know what you're getting into. It's servitude and you're committed. You can't change your mind like a civilian can.

I have great memories, but boy howdy, there was a price to pay of dire hardships, long long long hours, crappy pay, idiots extraordinaire etc. etc.

Remember the good, toss the bad. I think college would've been a hell of a lot more fun!