WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU JOIN THE MILITARY 

If you're currently serving in any branch, what do you wish you would've known before joining?

Thank you!! This is what I needed. Especially the recruiter part.

Welcome back!! Missed seeing your content!!

Thank you for making these videos!

I’ve gone through 6 recruiters so I can vouch for the recruiter part!

Good information, just to reinforce what she said, ask questions, do your research, and know what you are getting into. If you want a specific job, know where that job exists. The Army has boats, and there are watercraft MOSs, but if you have your heart set on being stationed at Fort Bliss, for example, you should know the Army doesn’t have any watercraft units there. Find out where an MOS you want is needed. Ask about additional training, if you want a little adventure in your life, Airborne training offers extra pay and other advantages, and it is open to most MOSs, but it also limits your first assignment to one of about 3 or 4 locations. Ask yourself what you want to do for the rest of your life. True, most 18 year olds really don’t know, but if you are interested in doing some specific job, don’t assume that the Army is just combat related assignments. There are many MOSs that can give you tremendous training and experience to prepare you for a job after you leave active duty. Ask if there is an MOS that can set you up for a lifelong career doing something which you really are interested in. As Abby said, if you don’t like what the first recruiter that you talked to says, find another recruiter, possibly at a different location, or even talk to recruiters for a different branch of the service. Don’t assume that “one size fits all.”

Jerry Lewis had a song in the 1950s called, "The Navy Gets The Gravy (and the Army Gets the Beans)".

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Was trying to find you on Instagram and couldn't please send a link so can add you directly! I ship for Army N.G in November!

wanting to join as a therapist/counselor to help those in the military but idk how/where to start ..preferably airforce since im in tx. anyone have any advice?

Whhho girl…that schpiel about recruiting is a WHOLE mood! Like you, I’m a musician, been trying to win a spot for a while now, but I came to the conclusion that if I’m honest, I really have next to nil interest in enlisting if I’m not a musician, I know my lane 😆 But it has annoyed a good few of my recruiters, but I almost don’t care, I have my sanity to think about and plenty of wasted time to look back in to do yet another job I’d hate! One recruiter of mine, bless her, told me straight up to not let myself be talked into something I wasn’t 100% sure of, she could tell I knew what I wanted and did my research to prove it and she loved me for it. And lord know I loved her back for not playing games with me. Sadly I have been lied to a few times, but most of the time I was able to see through it and I’m not about that life But question, I legit thought one could always choose to live on base or not, I guess I was totally wrong?? I be single as heck, but as you mentioned the musicians tend to be older and not about teenage/early 20’s drama and I’ve done enough living with multiple other people to have any want to live on base/barracks.The single v married is honestly shocking to me, do you have any idea as to why singles seem to almost be forced into the barracks?

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