Posted by psychobot5000 on October 3, 2006, at 23:28:25 [reposted on October 5, 2006, at 1:57:48 | original URL]
In reply to Should i join the Army or Marnies to get out?, posted by Rjlockhart on October 2, 2006, at 18:49:29
Just be aware that you will be committing to a legally-binding, 8 year agreement, if you join any US military branch, and that many people I know have come to regret it.
There are other ways, easier in the long run, to get away from family--there are great things about the military, but you are also legally signing away your free will, and joining a community that believes in rigid control. I'd recommend you research it further, if you are interested--many people find the structure and group mentality to be a fine lifestyle.
...But be aware that, as someone else warned, they don't like to take recruits with any psychiatric history. Many recruiters would urge you to lie about it, and I suppose you might have to, in order to get in at all. Yikes!
Hope you find a solution--controlling family are hard to deal with!
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