Originally Posted by
Wittmont
No offense at all intended, but I think it is a young boy thinking about his way in life.
There is also the ethical aspect that you will have to come to terms with.
Once you get in they can do what they want with you for the time you are enlisted. It may also be hard to get out even after your enlistment time is supposed to be up. I have not been in the military myself, but as an ethical type I would find it impossible to be part Crimes against Humanity and Crimes against Peace (like the invasion of Iraq). And once you are in your personal opinions don't count for much. You will be held hostage to your hopes of a nice resume. You will have to go along with whatever they say, or your hopes of a nice resume will be totally fucked. A dishonorable discharge is not a good thing to have in your papers for future job reference, and you will lose all your benefit claims etc.
The military is a tool of the state, and if you become a part of that tool you are essentially the tool of a tool and thus expendable. I think you need to be at ease with that idea before you enlist. The military has a job to do, and that is to kill people. The military is very good at it's job. And you will be part of that machine, no matter if you tell yourself you join to save lives. Personally I think the carrot the military dangles is quite rotten. To get to it you have to compromise your own ideals, or at least I would have to. So for me it could not be an option. It is also a tough life, and many soldiers return with health and/or mental problems and quite embittered by their experiences. I think an INFx is likelier to belong to the embittered category than say a more military type such as an ISTj.
You are young and intelligent. Create your own life, and your own path.
/end sermon
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