I understand that there will almost positively never be a draft again in the United States, but if there was, (or if you had to fulfill a military obligation), and you got the option of picking the job, what job in the military would you pick? officer/enlisted? pilot/special forces/ regular infantry or just some non-combat job. also what branch of the military would you pick?

this question can also apply for Canadians and members of the UK, but not france for obvious reasons.

i would pick either the marines or the army, and either a pilot or special forces.

compensation for wasting your valuable time answering my question







^^ not related but couldnt resist

once again, thanks to all who have served/are serving/ will serve.

Not sure if its a curse or a blessing, but im blind in my right eye...No service for me.

Edit: Good show on Nat Geo right now about the Iraq war. Shits wild.

 

Originally Posted by AUSteweyOX

you got the option of picking the job, what job in the military would you pick? officer/enlisted? pilot/special forces/ regular infantry or just some non-combat job.

i would pick either the marines or the army, and either a pilot or special forces.

Pick a service yes.

Pick a job, not so much. Sign up for one of the programs and hope you are qualified/get selected/make it through training. You just dont say...hmm..i want to be Special Forces and bam, you are in the jungle deep behind enemy lines raping goats and killing babies.

id pilot a uav from an office in tampa...it would be like playin a video game all day

kamikaze pilot

probably a field medic of some kind.

 

Originally Posted by SluggerWV

Maybe you should show some of that respect you were talking about to someone who is actually servining instead of this bullshit

i believe Wanta was pointing out how worthless the hypothetical part of your question was

nothing i said was disrespectful, i made the question pretty detailed to emphasize how unlikely this situation really is. on the military channel they did a online survey on which jobs people who arent currently in the military would prefer to have if for some reason they had to/wanted to enlist. so i tried to simplify the complexity of the question. im going to college with the sole intention of becoming an officer in the military, but if i disrespected wanta in any way, i apologize.

I probably wouldn't flee to Canada if I could get a SIGINT job. Oh and I mean, give me an M16 if China is invading like wanta said in the other thread, but if this draft is anything like Nam the gov can gtfo.

guarentee i would find some way to dodge the draft
legal or not

Special Activities Division

 

Originally Posted by Deoxyribo

guarentee i would find some way to dodge the draft
legal or not

Guarantee you shouldn't be living here if you aren't willing to fight for what you have.

 

Originally Posted by goofy2485

Guarantee you shouldn't be living here if you aren't willing to fight for what you have.

id have to agree and disagree but like sooted said, save it for another day..

sniper !

Some more on this...I was watchin some movie yesterday thinking about how awesome it would be and all that, but there is some level of guilt involved. Atleast when you are in combat you know the enemy is actively trying to kill you. A lot of times I'm sure (well not sure) snipers have to ace someone they are told is the enemy, but they can't really be sure they are in any present danger. My friend Mikey is( or was not sure) a sniper in Iraq. He came back and one night me and few other close friends were all drinking/smoking with him and out of nowhere he got all dramatic and started balling his eyes out, talking about some crazy story where he had to shoot some guy who couldn't have been older than 19 or 20. He didn't get into number or details, but he said he had nightmares and feelings of guilt about it all the time. Shit was pretty intense none of us saw it coming.

 

Originally Posted by Gouldster

Sniper for me too... Wanted to do that since i was tiny. Still do. although im kinda glad i cant what with all the wars we keep havin..

hahaha. What good would being a Sniper be if you werent Sniping in a War? Would you just like to train to be one?

 

Originally Posted by orgnalsooners

Im 6'6 so i can't do combat and can't fly so I guess I would want to be on a ship that carrys weapons and shit!

Just remember...on a ship they have these, every ship and they are like 5 foot in height, so every "knee Knocker" you come too, you would have to duck and step over. hahaha.

One of the kids on the ship was drunk...kinda running through his work area and hit his head on the top of the Knee Knocker as he was kinds jumping through it. he basicly scapled himself in the front lobe of his head. Fucked dude up bad.