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As far as ranting goes, all I can really say to that is that being a lower ranking enlisted soldier/seaman/airman/etc. sucks to high hell. It will be a couple of years in this position as you find out that everyone in the world outranks you and you end up doing the shittiest duties and tasks until you start getting some time in. This won't matter what field you go into. Getting through those years isn't easy, but you can take comfort in knowing that there are many others in the same position as you.
Once you start getting a little rank, the shitty jobs become fewer but now you have more responsibility and if one of your subordinates fuck up, you get to get bitched out, too, because you didn't supervise them properly.
Are you prepared to go into a situation where a 21 year old is your superior in every respect? Because in the military, age doesn't matter much; rank matters. I was a 21 year old E-4 supervising a 28 year old who had trouble accepting that I had 3 years on him in service even though I was 7 years younger.
If you can get past that, then you'll be fine.
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"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
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