2010-08-03, 11:15 PM
So... I'm 20 now and I'm a stay-at-home loser. I've never been to college, I've never had the desire to drive or even get my license, and I've never had a real, paid job.
My brother came home from Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago and he came up to Virginia Beach for a vacation and to see me for my birthday. A couple of nights ago, he, my dad and I went to Red Robin for Dinner and he told us all about what he went through in Afghanistan and how the military sucks and stuff (lol).
Anyway, to the point, he told me that if I were to join the military as a linguist, I cannot join as an enlistant and become a Japanese linguist. If I only enlist, I'd have to do Chinese, Korean, Russian or some other language. The only way to join and become a Japanese linguist is to go in as an officer, which I find completely f'ucking retarded.
Now, officer is the job my brother really wanted and still wants to become, but due to having a wife and a child, he couldn't. He said to become an officer, you have to have at least a high school diploma or GED and be single. Well, I qualify as both. lol He also said that if he had never gotten married and he were in my shoes, he would drop everything he's doing and join as an officer. But he then told me that it's unbelievably difficult. He said that a friend of his that ended up in the same area as he did in Afghanistan tried to go in as a Japanese linguist, but was turned down because he was only an enlistant and not an officer, so he chose Russian. However, he failed ONE test and was demoted to the lowest ranking job in the Air Force, which happens to be the same job my brother has.
That sounds... iffy. I don't know if I want to try and try and try just to be shoved in the garbage because I made a mistake or something.
My brother said that if I were to join as an officer, I would have to go to a military college-like basic training school for 2 years (I think that's what he said...) in Colorado (which is a place I've never been to nor do I have any family anywhere NEAR there). It would be the first time I have ever been away from my family or home for an extended period of time. However, if I were to be successful, once I get out of basic training, I could choose ANYWHERE in the world that I want to go. So... instant free trip to Japan.
I don't know if I should do that though. I'm seriously considering it, but that would be a huge, life-changing effect. I'm a fragile guy emotionally, in a way, as I'm sure most of you here at SP have noticed. I'm not sure how well I would do in military stuff. Lmao Not only that, but I'm not exactly physically fit, so the daily PTs and stuff that they would put me through would be extreme hell for a while. Not to mention, if I join, I probably wouldn't see any of you guys ever again after I'm called in to go to boot camp and basic training.
*sigh* Life sucks. What do you guys think? Should I do this? Even if I don't do it right away, is it something I should do eventually? =/
My brother came home from Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago and he came up to Virginia Beach for a vacation and to see me for my birthday. A couple of nights ago, he, my dad and I went to Red Robin for Dinner and he told us all about what he went through in Afghanistan and how the military sucks and stuff (lol).
Anyway, to the point, he told me that if I were to join the military as a linguist, I cannot join as an enlistant and become a Japanese linguist. If I only enlist, I'd have to do Chinese, Korean, Russian or some other language. The only way to join and become a Japanese linguist is to go in as an officer, which I find completely f'ucking retarded.
Now, officer is the job my brother really wanted and still wants to become, but due to having a wife and a child, he couldn't. He said to become an officer, you have to have at least a high school diploma or GED and be single. Well, I qualify as both. lol He also said that if he had never gotten married and he were in my shoes, he would drop everything he's doing and join as an officer. But he then told me that it's unbelievably difficult. He said that a friend of his that ended up in the same area as he did in Afghanistan tried to go in as a Japanese linguist, but was turned down because he was only an enlistant and not an officer, so he chose Russian. However, he failed ONE test and was demoted to the lowest ranking job in the Air Force, which happens to be the same job my brother has.
That sounds... iffy. I don't know if I want to try and try and try just to be shoved in the garbage because I made a mistake or something.
My brother said that if I were to join as an officer, I would have to go to a military college-like basic training school for 2 years (I think that's what he said...) in Colorado (which is a place I've never been to nor do I have any family anywhere NEAR there). It would be the first time I have ever been away from my family or home for an extended period of time. However, if I were to be successful, once I get out of basic training, I could choose ANYWHERE in the world that I want to go. So... instant free trip to Japan.
I don't know if I should do that though. I'm seriously considering it, but that would be a huge, life-changing effect. I'm a fragile guy emotionally, in a way, as I'm sure most of you here at SP have noticed. I'm not sure how well I would do in military stuff. Lmao Not only that, but I'm not exactly physically fit, so the daily PTs and stuff that they would put me through would be extreme hell for a while. Not to mention, if I join, I probably wouldn't see any of you guys ever again after I'm called in to go to boot camp and basic training.
*sigh* Life sucks. What do you guys think? Should I do this? Even if I don't do it right away, is it something I should do eventually? =/