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Originally Posted by analog
To both/all who whine to me- please remember that your military minds are washed to find any sort of anti-military sentiments abhorrent. Bear in mind that my comments have been perfectly on the level and strictly opinion, while several of yours immediately jump into statements and opinions that lack objectivity, are biased, and are inequitable to a person seeking real information and real help.
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analog - Actually, I find it quite the contrary. My mind is free from "washing" and I'm very objective about the situation. I didn't enlist after high school with nothing better to do and my mind a wide-open book. I enlisted at 25, with a seven year old son. I walked out of a 4+ year long relationship to enlist because I felt it was the most important thing I could do at that time. I walked into the military with doubts, questions and a firm grasp of my own hard-headedness. I wasn't "broken down and built back up" the same way the 18/19 crowd was. Those of us that enlist in our 20s (and even early 30s) are looked at and treated slightly differently through Basic Training. Frankly, I find the fact that you would consider anyone's opinions to be biased solely because they are in the military to lack objectivity, and therfore you've squashed your own logic.
He came here "seeking real information and real help" regarding joining the military. It'd be better to come from those that have been in and either loved it or hated it (some people enlist and can't stand it... guess that injures your brainwashing theory again) rather than coming from someone who has little or no experience with the topic.
If you've served, then forgive my ignorance, but I've not been made aware of any such service, and assume the worst on your behalf.