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Originally Posted by Dion
A former golfing friend of mine did just that, He was living in Nelson BC at the time and decided to quit High School. Came home and told his dad what he did who said he had 2 choices, get a job or join the army. He told his dad that he already did the later. Ended up doing air traffic control over seas for the better part of 25 years.
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I propose it as a joke for 2 principle reasons.
1. My dad would have probably given me the same ultimatum.
2. I would be terrible in any form, aspect or branch of Armed Forces. I do not like being told what to do. No self-respecting military would or should want anything to do with me.
Think: Bill Murray in 'Stripes' but less competent and more insubordinate and significantly more sarcastic.
Did Pauly Shore ever do a War movie? "In the Army Now!" Thats the one! Thats probably the most accurate analogy I could think of. I dont think I've seen it but I think we can all safely assume that it did not go well.
Of course the modern military isn't a joke, they provide marketable skills both educational and employable.
That being said however, my tune changes a little when we acknowledge that we have a seemingly unprecedented number of Wars and conflicts going on for the Modern Era and tensions around the World seem high and tempers are starting to flare.
Yeah, I could hide behind The League of Women Voters and drunkenly hose stains off a monument in Lubbock, Texas, but what if by some mistake or desperation I get sent into a War-Zone?
I have ZERO militarily marketable skills. I'm pretty much the guy who dies first at Paintball. No one wants their taxes done or to learn the finer points of Capital Gains calculations when bullets are whizzing by and bombs are dropping.
"Lets just get this pesky grenade out of here...now, where were we? Ah! Thats right! Now, the T5013...now you want to do here is...are you taking notes?"