Solve : Could be joining the army !!! :)?

1.	Solve : Could be joining the army !!! :)?
Answer» Hey everyone I have , thought long and hard about my options and where i want to GO with my life ....... after long thought on this , im pretty sure im going to be joining the uks army Infantry unit , i am having a chat with some army folks later and decideing when to go , i cant stress how serious i am on this , i have had some ups and some downs latley , and i think in the long run this will make me stronger mentally and phyiscally , i havent got many qualfactions as i didnt go to school to often due to family situations , so by joining the army i will ahchive that as well as a 4 year long army record , which will look pretty nifty on a c.v when applying for a Job in computers I have the support from a friend of here who i have been talking to for the last 3 HOURS on this..... i just hope you guys see this as a postive as i do ..... cheers Tony I ALWAYS though joining the army was......interesting.... I mean like going on a training course. Anyways, good luck, Tony.No way, days and nights on a bleak moor when the rain is persisting down, the fog is fogging and the cold is bitter, or sweating it out in some Arabian desert. You'd be better to stay in MK. Join the Navyhahaha man o man , the navy , nah im sticking with the army ........ lol .... as for MK so long !!! Tony Hope it works out for you, my friend. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.Quote from: Dusty on August 05, 2007, 01:56:35 AM No way, days and nights on a bleak moor when the rain is persisting down, the fog is fogging and the cold is bitter, or sweating it out in some Arabian desert. You'd be better to stay in MK. Join the Navy Navy? What about Air Force! Gotta love the Blackbird. Well , i hate flying , i dont MIND parcel flying as in the army ...... i know the air force say they branch out on other jobs , but i have a feeling , you eay sleep and drink planes there Quote from: Richenstony on August 05, 2007, 01:58:12 AM hahaha man o man , the navy , nah im sticking with the army ........ lol .... as for MK so long !!! Tony When you're carrying a pack as big as a house in Kosovo or clearing sand from every bodily orifice in someone else's desert or chasing Osama Bin L across the Afghan plains or up the Kyber you're gonna think of what you posted and regret every word. But good luck anyway - you sound like you're gonna need it. If I join the army when I'm older, I could be stationed on the Orbital Defense Station orbiting Earth Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 05, 2007, 04:59:14 AM If I join the army when I'm older, I could be stationed on the Orbital Defense Station orbiting Earth The way things are progressing you're more likely to be on latrine duty in Baghdad or Teheran. HAHA , , i thnk thats a little to high , mine spotter!! You are right about it giving you discipline and a good record.... But then it's also dangerous.Definitely not my thing, but you've got my support if you decide to go through with it. All of my friends who joined the army ended up getting turned against the government because they hated it so much. But the UK army might be different. And you don't have Bush to worry about. Heh.Quote from: Richenstony on August 04, 2007, 10:59:07 PM i havent got many qualfactions as i didnt go to school to often due to family situations , so by joining the army i will ahchive that as well as a 4 year long army record , which will look pretty nifty on a c.v when applying for a Job in computers cheers Tony HR Interviewer: "So tell me Tony, what IT relevant knowledge did you gain in the army?" Tony: "I can pull a Sherman tank apart and re-assemble it in 30 minutes under intense incoming." HR Interviewer: "Not much use for that in IT Tony, anything else you can do?" Tony: "I was the best in the battalion at laying down a 75mm howitzer." SORRY to seem so negative Tony but I just think that a 4-year stint in the armed forces will be a waste of time for you and will do nothing to advance your chances of a job in IT, the army is there to train personnel in the gentle arts of killing not to prepare them for getting the job of their dreams on return to civvy street. The 4-years, or at least part of it, would be best spent on gaining a formal education, if not a degree at least some recognised educational achievement. Then the interview could go... HR Interviewer: "Tell me Tony, what IT relevant knowledge do you have?" Tony: "I have completed papers 1, 2 and 3 of a fulltime course in computer science at Milton Keynes Technical College but now need to have an income which will allow me to continue to study on a part-time basis." So you now present yourself as an achiever with some relevant knowledge who wishes to continue to expand his knowledge. My very best to you, I hope that, in the long term, you are happy with the decision you make. Best wishes if you decide to join and I hope it will give you all you're looking for.

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Hey everyone

I have , thought long and hard about my options and where i want to GO with my life ....... after long thought on this , im pretty sure im going to be joining the uks army Infantry unit , i am having a chat with some army folks later and decideing when to go , i cant stress how serious i am on this , i have had some ups and some downs latley , and i think in the long run this will make me stronger mentally and phyiscally , i havent got many qualfactions as i didnt go to school to often due to family situations , so by joining the army i will ahchive that as well as a 4 year long army record , which will look pretty nifty on a c.v when applying for a Job in computers

I have the support from a friend of here who i have been talking to for the last 3 HOURS on this..... i just hope you guys see this as a postive as i do .....

cheers Tony I ALWAYS though joining the army was......interesting....
I mean like going on a training course.

Anyways, good luck, Tony.No way, days and nights on a bleak moor when the rain is persisting down, the fog is fogging and the cold is bitter, or sweating it out in some Arabian desert. You'd be better to stay in MK.

Join the Navyhahaha man o man , the navy , nah im sticking with the army ........ lol .... as for MK so long !!!

Tony Hope it works out for you, my friend.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.Quote from: Dusty on August 05, 2007, 01:56:35 AM

No way, days and nights on a bleak moor when the rain is persisting down, the fog is fogging and the cold is bitter, or sweating it out in some Arabian desert. You'd be better to stay in MK.

Join the Navy

Navy? What about Air Force! Gotta love the Blackbird. Well , i hate flying , i dont MIND parcel flying as in the army ...... i know the air force say they branch out on other jobs , but i have a feeling , you eay sleep and drink planes there Quote from: Richenstony on August 05, 2007, 01:58:12 AM

hahaha man o man , the navy , nah im sticking with the army ........ lol .... as for MK so long !!!

Tony

When you're carrying a pack as big as a house in Kosovo or clearing sand from every bodily orifice in someone else's desert or chasing Osama Bin L across the Afghan plains or up the Kyber you're gonna think of what you posted and regret every word.

But good luck anyway - you sound like you're gonna need it.

If I join the army when I'm older, I could be stationed on the Orbital Defense Station orbiting Earth Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 05, 2007, 04:59:14 AM

If I join the army when I'm older, I could be stationed on the Orbital Defense Station orbiting Earth

The way things are progressing you're more likely to be on latrine duty in Baghdad or Teheran.

HAHA , , i thnk thats a little to high , mine spotter!! You are right about it giving you discipline and a good record.... But then it's also dangerous.Definitely not my thing, but you've got my support if you decide to go through with it. All of my friends who joined the army ended up getting turned against the government because they hated it so much. But the UK army might be different. And you don't have Bush to worry about. Heh.Quote from: Richenstony on August 04, 2007, 10:59:07 PM

i havent got many qualfactions as i didnt go to school to often due to family situations , so by joining the army i will ahchive that as well as a 4 year long army record , which will look pretty nifty on a c.v when applying for a Job in computers

cheers Tony

HR Interviewer: "So tell me Tony, what IT relevant knowledge did you gain in the army?"
Tony: "I can pull a Sherman tank apart and re-assemble it in 30 minutes under intense incoming."

HR Interviewer: "Not much use for that in IT Tony, anything else you can do?"
Tony: "I was the best in the battalion at laying down a 75mm howitzer."

SORRY to seem so negative Tony but I just think that a 4-year stint in the armed forces will be a waste of time for you and will do nothing to advance your chances of a job in IT, the army is there to train personnel in the gentle arts of killing not to prepare them for getting the job of their dreams on return to civvy street. The 4-years, or at least part of it, would be best spent on gaining a formal education, if not a degree at least some recognised educational achievement. Then the interview could go...

HR Interviewer: "Tell me Tony, what IT relevant knowledge do you have?"
Tony: "I have completed papers 1, 2 and 3 of a fulltime course in computer science at Milton Keynes Technical College but now need to have an income which will allow me to continue to study on a part-time basis."

So you now present yourself as an achiever with some relevant knowledge who wishes to continue to expand his knowledge.

My very best to you, I hope that, in the long term, you are happy with the decision you make.

Best wishes if you decide to join and I hope it will give you all you're looking for.

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