i went in for information today because i'm interested in joining (I would get my pick of jobs since my preliminary asvab scores show me having a high score) but my family (gf and mom) are incredibly adament on me not joining. i feel like scum for putting them first but in there here and now they are important to me and thus I listen to them. how do i tell the recruiting office that I can't join because my gf is incredibly important to me and I have plans to work in DC but not in the millitary? i feel like im kicking my country in the nuts.
**Update 3/16
They came to my house! Woke me up at 11:30 and asked if I was ready to drive down to Miami to take the ASVAB. I sat down and explained that right now I'm not ready to commit to the Marines due to certain mitigating factors. In all honesty, I wish I could have conveyed to them how much I would like to join but it's not my decision. What one would consider as being soft, I look at as respect. I respect my GF's (future wife) decision and I have to convince her it's the right thing to do. She is understanding what this means for us and will come around by the time I'll be ready to enlist (roughly December of '07).
For those pointing out that I'm naive to think that once enlisted I won'tbe shipped out to Iraq/Afghanistan I would suggest that you research your facts. In every facet of the millitary there are HUNDREDS of jobs each section from which you pick from (infact the Marines have 348 roughly jobs to pick from). Only a handful are infantry related.
The job that I was going to do (and will eventually) involes being issued a top-secret security clearance and then having the Marines fly me around the country issuing top-secret clearances to those who qualify. Don't automatically assume that I or the millitary are composed of morons who are blood-thirsty.
**Update 3/16
They came to my house! Woke me up at 11:30 and asked if I was ready to drive down to Miami to take the ASVAB. I sat down and explained that right now I'm not ready to commit to the Marines due to certain mitigating factors. In all honesty, I wish I could have conveyed to them how much I would like to join but it's not my decision. What one would consider as being soft, I look at as respect. I respect my GF's (future wife) decision and I have to convince her it's the right thing to do. She is understanding what this means for us and will come around by the time I'll be ready to enlist (roughly December of '07).
For those pointing out that I'm naive to think that once enlisted I won'tbe shipped out to Iraq/Afghanistan I would suggest that you research your facts. In every facet of the millitary there are HUNDREDS of jobs each section from which you pick from (infact the Marines have 348 roughly jobs to pick from). Only a handful are infantry related.
The job that I was going to do (and will eventually) involes being issued a top-secret security clearance and then having the Marines fly me around the country issuing top-secret clearances to those who qualify. Don't automatically assume that I or the millitary are composed of morons who are blood-thirsty.
