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8/10/2025, 11:11:35 PM
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actual unironic realpost (that you do not deserve because your post is bait but hopefully a non-baiting but naive anon will read it)
I have seen many people join the military for return on resume or just to get the clearance or whatever, and they always wash out. they generally go on to greener pastures because they came in already with a half-done degree or something, but if you try to "use" the military that way you are going to get blown the fuck out.
it's a janky place and even in peace is not for the faint of heart, and there is basically no actual return-on-resume because it will take you longer than those initial 4 years to get properly trained in any way that is relevant to civilian employers. On top of that, militaries across NATO carefully curate their courses to never give you any actual certs and always leave you just out of reach of the skills employers want so that you are trapped in the force and have to re-up every time you try to get a job. And outside of a few specific countries' forces, the pay is really, really bad and you get nickel and dimed on shit like having to get your own equipment. Not like how I complain about not having fancy toys off of amphenol -- even in the USA, you have to buy your own uniforms past your first set, you have to get shit tailored, bases are always in the middle of nowhere so now your gas prices are up, the gas stations near work are conspicuously more expensive than the ones in town, money gets taken off your pay for barracks or rations even if you don't use them, etc.
If you're truly down on your luck, sure, join the military as a stopgap and stay in if you end up liking it, but it shouldn't form the basis of any real plans. At the very least, just be a reservist/national guard/etc. for slightly less pay but much more flexibility and similar post-service benefits instead.
actual unironic realpost (that you do not deserve because your post is bait but hopefully a non-baiting but naive anon will read it)
I have seen many people join the military for return on resume or just to get the clearance or whatever, and they always wash out. they generally go on to greener pastures because they came in already with a half-done degree or something, but if you try to "use" the military that way you are going to get blown the fuck out.
it's a janky place and even in peace is not for the faint of heart, and there is basically no actual return-on-resume because it will take you longer than those initial 4 years to get properly trained in any way that is relevant to civilian employers. On top of that, militaries across NATO carefully curate their courses to never give you any actual certs and always leave you just out of reach of the skills employers want so that you are trapped in the force and have to re-up every time you try to get a job. And outside of a few specific countries' forces, the pay is really, really bad and you get nickel and dimed on shit like having to get your own equipment. Not like how I complain about not having fancy toys off of amphenol -- even in the USA, you have to buy your own uniforms past your first set, you have to get shit tailored, bases are always in the middle of nowhere so now your gas prices are up, the gas stations near work are conspicuously more expensive than the ones in town, money gets taken off your pay for barracks or rations even if you don't use them, etc.
If you're truly down on your luck, sure, join the military as a stopgap and stay in if you end up liking it, but it shouldn't form the basis of any real plans. At the very least, just be a reservist/national guard/etc. for slightly less pay but much more flexibility and similar post-service benefits instead.
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