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<blockquote data-quote="deleted user" data-source="post: 194756" data-attributes="member: 1778">Well put KDM. I've been in the Army guard for about a decade now and agree with just about everything you said. I joined at about 23 years old, so I had some real world experience that put me light years ahead of the fresh faced 18 year olds. I joined the engineers, wanted to shoot and blow things up. You see the beautiful and ugly parts of the world, and are able to see the beauty in the ugly parts of the world. Politics, and people in leadership positions who I wouldn't trust to tie their own boots are what make a lot of the good guys get out. You said &quot;I try my best to make sure they serve in a manner that most benefits them, instead of serving like the recruiters and others tell them to serve&quot;. I can't agree enough. So many waste everybody's and their own time by signing up and just taking up space. You get tuition assistance, cheap health care, opportunities to get certifications like EMT or CDL, VA home loans, the list is endless. However, you see guys who take advantage of NONE of it because they are too lazy, and end up out on the street with a crap job. The military can send you to a 3 week school and pay YOU to learn to be a beekeeper for crying out loud. That said, for every bad day I've had, I've had more than one good one. I'd do it again.Oh well, rant over haha.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deleted user, post: 194756, member: 1778"] Well put KDM. I've been in the Army guard for about a decade now and agree with just about everything you said. I joined at about 23 years old, so I had some real world experience that put me light years ahead of the fresh faced 18 year olds. I joined the engineers, wanted to shoot and blow things up. You see the beautiful and ugly parts of the world, and are able to see the beauty in the ugly parts of the world. Politics, and people in leadership positions who I wouldn't trust to tie their own boots are what make a lot of the good guys get out. You said "I try my best to make sure they serve in a manner that most benefits them, instead of serving like the recruiters and others tell them to serve". I can't agree enough. So many waste everybody's and their own time by signing up and just taking up space. You get tuition assistance, cheap health care, opportunities to get certifications like EMT or CDL, VA home loans, the list is endless. However, you see guys who take advantage of NONE of it because they are too lazy, and end up out on the street with a crap job. The military can send you to a 3 week school and pay YOU to learn to be a beekeeper for crying out loud. That said, for every bad day I've had, I've had more than one good one. I'd do it again. Oh well, rant over haha. [/QUOTE]

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