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You're in for the best four years of your life, you'll meet new people, go to new places, and do things you didn't think you were capable of doing.
/recruiter
If you are doing *at all* well in high school, I recommend following Seaver's advice and become an officer. Go to one of your state's public schools, get yourself a couple of grants and a ROTC scholarship your second year, and spend four years as an officer when you're done. The difference in pay and respect is significant between the enlisted ranks and the officer ranks.
If you have your heart set on being enlisted, I'd personally stay away from the reserves and Guard - if you pay attention to world events lately, these are the guys getting deployed and bumped out of school/work/whatever all the time these days.
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