Would you encourage or support your child, if he/she wanted to join the military upon graduating from high school?

I would support her if that were her choice, but you can be sure she would know what she was doing before signing anything. Since her dad is retired military and a former recruiter, you bet we would get her the best deal going in that we could, if she wanted to do that. There are pros and cons with everything.My husband having been a member of the military for 20 years can help her through some of what she would face.

But first, you have to get through the used car salesmen known as recruiters. If you don't set things up correctly before you go in (i.e. Read the fine print) then some recruiters will be more than happy to tell you one thing and let you find out for yourself on the other end.

For example, they may promise you a school, you go to that school and then spend the next four years in infantry because the contract did not state that you had to work in that job. Those and other little things will can derail your military career. If you are well informed before signing, you can make better choices about the decision to enlist either as an enlisted person or as an officer.

Actually, I will. My husband is an army and my kids know well how it is being an army (and yet they still want to be armies when they grow up). It is so hard to be a military man because you are on-call always - no holidays.

If you're being commanded to report to your seniors or officers (even you are on pass and it's a red alert), you have to obey them. And because they know how it is being an army, I would still ask them if they still want to. And I do think it is in their bloodline already so I am ready to accept that fact.

I believe that if one is meant for that job then he will really choose and live with it. And there's no greater than to offer your life in service to your country and people. I don't believe that if you are in the military that you will die soon.

Whether you are a military or not, you will still die if it's your time already and only God knows how. But, if I could choose for them and afford it, I'd want them to be doctors because doctors save lives.

No, I have had to many friends not make it home over the years. I have friends in the middle east now and hope not to hear of anything bad with them everyday. They can go to College and take over my business or open their own without the risk of death.

If they want excitment marry a wild girl. At least she won't kill you.

I would. I think serving in the military is a very honorable thing to do and a wonderful experience. I would 100% support them.

I would be worried of course but I would probably do some form of worrying no matter what they did.

" If they say "Take orders. " Then order them to go to college, join ROTC, and become an officer. If they say "Give orders.

" Then replay, "You need to go to college and join ROTC so you can be an officer. " ;) There isn't anything wrong with serving in the military. Its a good way to learn new skills, meet new people, and travel to exotic places.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.