Are You Normal?
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My job is not important.
Have you ever felt like your job doesn't mean anything? I often want to join the infantry because: A. I feel like it means something to fight for your country B. It means something to watch your buddy's ass and make sure he doesn't get blown to bits, and C. I think I deep down hate myself and wouldn't mind if I got blown to bits myself. I'm just not suicidal. Since I'm in the National Guard that means I have to have a civilian job. They just don't cut it. I've done about every kind of work known to man. From plumbing, to waiting tables. I've even worked full time for the guard. I was in uniform every day. But it was a desk job. The guard just doesn't have any need for combat ready soldiers. But they do have a need for cooks which is what I've been trained to be. But cooks miss out on the combat training because we are cooking. I feel like I've been trained to fight and it's what I do best and I'm never allowed to do it. I even get in fist fights regularly. And I never pick fights with guys my size. I always take on the largest, meanest guys I can find and often get hurt or lose. But I just can't stop. All I want to do is fight. Is that normal?
Do you think it's normal?
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the only advantage of joining the military is that you get to legally kill people. how fucking awesome is that?
if I could unload a whole clip of an ak47 right into someones skull and not go to jail i would be so happy
you even get to throw grenades at people and watch their limbs get detached from their torso, with blood and guts spraying everywhere
i'd have so much fun in the military
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They totally got killed brutally and several of them cursed "the fatherland" for the war they was in.
you must be absolutely obsessed with cartoons ... I know I was
Second of all, cut out the fighting. Besides the possibility of getting your @$$ pounded bloody, you might find yourself arrested. That would screw up any chance you have of being promoted, or changing jobs in the Guard, and my friend, DON'T fight during your UTAs or annual training. An Article 15 or court-martial is deadly serious stuff. If you apply for a job where you are asked that, and if you have either of those on your record, you might find it hard to get the job, if not impossible.
Sounds like you want some action. Have you looked around for other units and jobs you can try out for? When I was in the Army Reserve for a short while as an Intel weenie, there was a captain who was going to Ranger School.
How about the Air National Guard? The Air Guard has pararescue units. The training is tough, the job is demanding, and it is rewarding. Good luck!