I talked to a recruiter today and I'm starting to get on track to joining. I'm starting to feel a little scared though ngl. It's not going to stop me from joining but my anxiety has been up since I'm realizing I'm actually going. I say this is pretty normal but I'd like to hear veterans or currently serving military members opinions.
You’ll make friends/ brothers
mm get used to the idea you’ll kill someone.
Maybe if you want try to get good enough to disarm an enemy or wound them enough to not end their lives but eliminate their contribution to any war.
shoot a hand off I don't know. Shoot both hands lol.
Or just take it with the job like the other guys and hear how they handled it.
Having blood on hands is a big thing
having your friends blood on hands is a bigger thing
that’s your assignment- pass that and everything else will be a piece of cake.
I had a grandpa in the war. He never talked about it or got with his brothers. He didn’t really kill anyone though. He contributed in the artillery making and something else.
other family members had PTSD so be aware of the death- understand it’s okay to feel bad but love your life
dont get mentally stuck out there
lives end there yours doesn't
you may lose a friend like you’d lose a family member to cancer
their lives end yours doesn’t
you move on for them
you move on for yourself
you move on because life is moving on for you
It’s not so much about the war you see out there
its more about the war in your mind
never stop fighting for life
when you’re not out there doing your duty and orders
get back to enjoying life’s finest fruits
music food art nature daring fun comedy
all the good stuff.
Sorry this post lacks grammatical punctuation really bad, but too lazy to edit it tbh.
Understand the words- and use whatever you can from this.
Understand you’re valuable whether you join or not.
Joining doesn’t make you cool
coming back with medals doesn’t make you tied to killing
but connects you with people who share the same values as you hopefully.
Theyll yell at you in camp and training but they’re trying to scare the little boy out of you and the little girl out of the women
theyre scaring them out in a safe zone
so that that boy or girl doesn’t prevent you from saving a life or eliminating a threat
them yelling isn’t personal attack against you
always drop the part of yourself that isn’t helping you move forward
and push on with the version of you that is moving forward being grateful and loving life.
you'll be just fine because whether you walk in camo or not
you never walk alone
never feel alone
someone walked there years ago- American or not
explorers ventured alone
American soldiers before you walked those grounds maybe once before and alone
you’ll never be alone and asking as you decide you’ll be okay
you'll be okay
🤝🫂
movie recommendations:
Hacksaw ridge
Unbroken
Dunkirk
movies on power of will, love, and unity
It's normal.
People were crying the first night of BMT.
An acquaintance of mine cried when he was in basic as well, lol.
You'll be fine.
🙂
Don't listen to scare tactics that people use. For example, only about 20% of the Army is soldiers in combat roles and only a fraction of them see combat. Most get deployed to some base in the US or Europe. Unless you want to fight, you can easily shift out of it. Exception is the Marines. Don't join them unless you actually wanna fight. I recommend the Air Force. Everyone makes fun of it, but everyone is also jealous of what they get 😛
m At first but you’ll get used to it within the first 2 weeks
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