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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Long term commitment, the pledge that I will shoot at people (something I'm not inherently comfortable with) and the attitude that pledge inspires. Neither of those are attractive to me, whereas the physical training and structure does.
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There are plenty of services other than the Corps - for instance, look at the Coast Guard or the Air Force. I can't speak for the AF, but I know that Coast Guard boot camp has a single day of weapons training - the morning is classroom instruction and the afternoon is on the range - and that's all there is to it. Within the service, I can't think of a single instance off the top of my head where an average serviceman would carry a firearm while ashore - and afloat, boardings would be the only time.
The long term commitment though, you'd have to be in the service for a minimum of four years. One thing I'd say is try to join a martial arts school (though they can be fairly expensive - 100-200 dollars a month, sometimes more) or a gym, though you still have the motivation problem of being able to back out if you want to.