Get your papers for your trade, in the long run youll be better off.Nick Name said:
Ok.. Essentially..
If you worked on a boat. And you enojoyed doing "your" job. But, you constantly had to do other jobs because that is the nature of your trade.
Would you consider giving up a nice rack and hot showers for perhaps, a combat trade?
The thing is.. I have another 5 years before I can even write my ticket. And if I really really wanted it. I would go on Civi street and get it. It's faster and more suited to civilian trades.Apocolypse said:
Get your papers for your trade, in the long run youll be better off.
Welp, I don't know what you and Apoc are talking about, but if you want to do something like SF in the service...do it now. Dont wait. Procastination is bad when considering this.Nick Name said:
The thing is.. I have another 5 years before I can even write my ticket. And if I really really wanted it. I would go on Civi street and get it. It's faster and more suited to civilian trades.
I've already talked to my bosses about getting out when my contract is up and going to college. But, I do like all the adventure and travelling. So.. Lately I've been weighing my options about joining the infantry for a few years and possibly going airborne just to get the adventure aspect out of my life and possibly be able to settle into something when I'm done.
But, I'm soooo confused on what I want to do in life I'm not even sure where to look...
That's my one concern.. I'll be wondering "what if" down the road from now.Inferno said:
Welp, I don't know what you and Apoc are talking about, but if you want to do something like SF in the service...do it now. Dont wait. Procastination is bad when considering this.
Also, if you don't, you will always wonder later on why you never did.
1. You will always ask "what if" in life. No matter what your choice. Don't think playing the field will make you better for a diversity of experience. You could have the perfect life and still wonder about "the road not traveled."Nick Name said:That's my one concern.. I'll be wondering "what if" down the road from now....
Holy shit. That made alot of sense. Thank alot Bg..Baby Gorilla said:
1. You will always ask "what if" in life. No matter what your choice. Don't think playing the field will make you better for a diversity of experience. You could have the perfect life and still wonder about "the road not traveled."
2. The reason combat arms offers you faster rank advancement is (according to what I've been told) because it is one of the few things it can offer you. You will not learn a marketable job skill as you will in other aspects of the military. So, they give you more rank/pay/leadership opportunity.
3. For the good of your long-term future, you should stay where you are. Adventure today does not pay for itself in the future. If you really want more challenge, rank advancement potential, excitement, etc., see if there is an alternative to what you are being offered. Something that would advance you faster but still keep you in a technical field that will make you $$$ once you get your papers.
It seems to me that you need more challenge and more reward, but not at the expense of giving up a long-term good thing that you have going now.
You need a win-win situation, not "do I take A or B." In either choice, you get one benefit at the expense of another loss.![]()