So ah Texas what a ya doin tonight?

After 2 years, 2 months and 10 days in the Navy, GO AIR FORCE!

Yeah, but I think the kids call everyone "dude" nowdays.

That is true about the dude part. I do but, I also say I love you.

Yeah, but if you mess up, you get eaten by the bugs or a baby alien bursts our of your chest.

That, and you tend to be in awesome movies that have sucky sequels.

Put as much Academic studies in your still young brain (Heck, get a College Degree in whatever field you prefer) until that pivotal choice in your life.

Then you'll have a crack at Officer level tasks since it takes extremely high potential (both physical & mental) and a solid mindset to even step into a barrack. Forget your freedom, from that moment on -- you'll be a puppet serving your country.

It's *NOT* the Gun, it's the man who carries it in battle.

I must insist... CIA. Now or never, because that's exactly where the fight is.

Or better yet, be a game dev! All the perks of getting to play with high tech weaponry without the downsides (such as being blown up by said weaponry).

And the only enemies you'll ever have to worry about are release dates, stolen source code, the budget, publishers dropping your game, the project getting cancelled, and Jack Thompson.

Actually, given all of the above, I'll take the Navy.

Unless you introduce the regular Piracy obstacles that both must endure, GH.

One floated and sailed, the other navigates.

I'm retired from the Navy.from my experience I would say if you want too make it a career Join the Air Force, They have better living conditions and is best if you want or have a family. If you want good training join the Navy,They are the best, But not good if you have a family.Especially being at see 6 to 10 months a year, every other year or so.

So if you may explian more about this because my parents; well actually my mom thinks going into college first would be the best choice and my goal college is annapolis which would be really hard to get into.

Either Air Force or navy, both has a gareentee that will get some sort of sickness, until you get used to it, but less likely to be killed

I would say practice your grammar online. I cannot get through your posts, as they lack any form of grammatical sense.

Really? If you think by these forms or the begging of my posts that I care of about spelling. Maybe. But if you wanted to start an argument I think you came tothe wrong place. Commander!

Simple, (here in Canada, at least) Officers recruitment is (how it was in 1974 when i joined in fact, after College diplomation, 19) based on some tricky Highest degree of education; to increase chances of success of having the "right stuff" and finding out the rare pearl in a huge gang. Not that anyone else must be a Grunt or stupid enough not to BE a good ranking decision maker. Royal 22nd included, this country has a reputation of Peace Keeping missions and we pay the extremely high cost right now oversea as much as the actual US troops in Irak.

The service is voluntary and as such, even just 1 of 10 people could start BootCamp (in my case, Chilliwack, BC). For example, my platoon B began with 35 recruits, three months later on promotion day only 8 of these made it. Furthermore, assignment final orders ended up to BE for just 1 in 4 full patched (Lieutenant). That's what my Esquimalt base precision above was all about... i asked politely for Navy and THEY refused & i obeyed like every officer must do, cuz the priority at the time was Cyprus; no way, i was gonna go stand between Greeks & Turks & so delt with them another carreer which i'm in absolutely no liberty to discuss in any other situations than extremely superior ranking people in the CAF, held by state secrecy so high it boggles even the UN, itself. Serious, truth, no joke.

Annapolis, i suppose, isn't far off from Chilliwack in terms of getting into... but tell me, if you've got what it takes and can prove it (Smarts and Guts, Mindset & Capacity) why would your chances be any less than anyone else?

It doesn't matter what mom, dad, uncle, friends, schoolers, all forums posters, the entire wwweb, *me*, thinks -- an officer decides for himself first and last (while submitting to a very complex hierarchy both down & up, btw) --then-- must order a squad of fellow "soldiers" to battle for the worst.

With that in mind, i'm not even going to wish you good luck (for next year or more)... cuz, you know exactly what to do.

Whatever the choice + its eventual conditions both in & out of Training, boy.

Whatever the reasons.

Whatever the outcome.

Da.

And, f***ck the typos, too. They'll teach you better.

Your from Canada.?

Yep, geographically located between the US & Russia, battling it all out for the Arctic circle (into the usual 80° meridian contest of Northwest passage lands and continental shelves on Bathymetric maps http://geology.com/world/arctic-ocean-map.shtml) coastal lengths where Nunavut has yet another Tundra Island (out of many more, btw) strategically located to possibly lay claim up to the Pole even if Russian & American subs swim around too much for our taste & the Bagotville F18C Interceptors base. Where a flag was once dropped on the spot by some Niets ex-Soviets as an insult to International waters.

Even Denmark's 'Groendland' (sp?) is kinky about a tiny island east of IsleMere for the navigational corridor.

Norway, Iceland, name it. It's the party for the next fifty years.

I heard that the next big port facility would become a northern Manitoba property if Global warming trends keep at it. Which may happen MUCH sooner than predicted even just a decade ago.

Forget Alaska, it's waaaayyyy too far west. And don't touch Yukon's resources, there's a quite clear long undefended border even to the North.

(PS; I'll post an image here later to better illustrate the upcoming Social, Scientific & Military challenges of the very near future facing young adults like you.)

Better yet, in Québec official language - excerpts of a key Documentary...

Part 3 is what you want to consult - specifically the Lomonosov dorsal continental shelf extent between Russia & Canada;

http://medias-wm.radio-canada.ca/diffusion/2009/medianet/CBFT/Decouverte200903221830_3.wmv

If Antarctica is International, what will become of its direct opposite?

In jobs for this generation?