re: HS aged son has expressed interest in joining the military

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HS aged son has expressed interest in joining the military

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The mandatory experimental vaccines is why I would try and steer him away. As of today, they are kicking out guys that they spent tons of money on training them, they have years of experience, but that damn vaccine that most agree doesn't work and has many detrimental effects is still mandatory.

I'm in the same boat. He's 16 and is going to graduate this summer before he turns 17 but he already decided a couple years ago that he wanted to join the Navy. I've had numerous conversations with him about my concerns and he hasn't waivered. Now I pretty much just frick with him about how the military is going to cut his dick off. He's a smart kid that could do just about anything but he doesn't like school despite having excellent grades.

One silver lining is it sounds like my brothers (both were in the army) have convinced him to sign up for being an MP.

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he needs to be pursuing it hard in his junior year, if he’s already a junior/senior and hasn’t started then he is way behind the power curve.

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of course a PI trumps all of that



jk, he'd still have to bring the academics to the table, unless he's a legit D1 level 5 star

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Coast Guard. Lower ranks have more autonomy and responsibility than any other service. And the most primo duty stations.

Crossing the Columbia River Bar or jumping out of a helicopter into a pitch dark ocean is enough of a testosterone check for the ballsiest baw.

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I second this suggestion.

I understand that, as a young man of high school age, he believes he understands the dangers, caveats, and responsibilities involved in serving his nation as a member of the armed forces. We were all young once too, and we undoubtedly felt similarly at the time. However, our government's leaders have had a tendency of sending young American men into undeclared wars that have little or nothing to do with actually defending our nation since our post-WWII involvement in Korea in 1950.

His duty would be directed toward SAVING lives of his fellow Americans rather than taking lives and risking his own in very likely wars and actions that loom on the horizon for our nation.

Young men his age seek adventure and, let's face it, glory. There's a reason that military recruiters target males between the ages of 18 and 24. Those are the young men whose sense of manliness can be appealed to and manipulated. Recruiters, as anyone who has ever enlisted can tell you, are notorious and unrepentant liars who will tell your son anything he wants to hear in order to get him to MEPS and sign his name to the dotted line.

If he TRULY wants to make a career of military, consider directing him toward college where he can earn his bachelor's degree and enter service with the idea of being an officer. There is nothing wrong with enlisting after high school and rising through the ranks to become a fine NCO, but college will give him a few years to think it through as he plans for such a career, and will allow him to mature a bit more mentally and gain a tad bit of wisdom.

Whatever your son's decision, I wish him the best and will pray for his safety and for a long life following whatever path he chooses.