Originally Posted by Rochard

I joined the US Marines when I was seventeen. Best fucking thing I ever did. I was doing drugs, crashing at various friend's houses, and living a life of small petty crimes. Marines straightened me out quickly and give me direction.

Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

Serving your country is a very honorable thing to do, not to mention you'll get to do some really exciting things that most civilians can only do in video games. You'll learn that you can push yourself far beyond your own self-imposed mental and physical limits. You'll learn that nobody can tell you that you cant succeed at something. You'll develop a high level of integrity and an unbelievable attention to detail.

And after you've left military service, you'll see many different things in a way that non-veterans could never understand.