A Can of Man
Je suis aware
Hey guys, my brother's about to get his Green Card in about 5 months or something and he's looking for a short stint in the US Army for a variety of reasons. Basically he wants the following:
1) Citizenship guarantee
2) A job he can "boast" about in the work place
3) He wants the shortest amount of time in service
4) Relative safety. Doesn't want to get his head shot off
He's banking on the 2 year enlistment but I haven't heard a good thing about it and I wonder if it is actually 2 years or does it almost always run off to be 3 years long? He doesn't require benefits of any kind. Does anyone know for sure what he's supposed to expect?
As for MOS, I recommended NBC. In most cases he will be assigned to an NBC unit where life should generally be pretty good. Much of the patrolling would be done in armored vehicles which sure beats going around in a truck. Odds are he won't be busting his balls inside a city with insurgents waiting to cap his ass either. Also, NBC specialists tend to be rather expensive to train, so the odds of them being used for high risk duties (other than NBC) should be rather low. Also since everyone knows there's no WMDs in Iraq, NBC units won't be that busy either and I don't see why their tours should be extended.
The issue my brother has with NBC is that their MOS training is 5 months opposed to 1 month in infantry, which means the 2 year tour ticker starts 4 months later than infantry. Personally I think if you're not in it for a career, the extra 4 months can save you a lot of pain.
NBC also has some pretty fun gear so he should be able to have a few good photos before he leaves... stuff to talk about and all.
But this idiot seems to be hell bent on joining the infantry which pretty much disqualifies the shortest TIS and low risk criteria.
Anyone else have a clue or an idea?
Or do you think his pride is just getting in the way and there's not a damn thing anyone can do?
1) Citizenship guarantee
2) A job he can "boast" about in the work place
3) He wants the shortest amount of time in service
4) Relative safety. Doesn't want to get his head shot off
He's banking on the 2 year enlistment but I haven't heard a good thing about it and I wonder if it is actually 2 years or does it almost always run off to be 3 years long? He doesn't require benefits of any kind. Does anyone know for sure what he's supposed to expect?
As for MOS, I recommended NBC. In most cases he will be assigned to an NBC unit where life should generally be pretty good. Much of the patrolling would be done in armored vehicles which sure beats going around in a truck. Odds are he won't be busting his balls inside a city with insurgents waiting to cap his ass either. Also, NBC specialists tend to be rather expensive to train, so the odds of them being used for high risk duties (other than NBC) should be rather low. Also since everyone knows there's no WMDs in Iraq, NBC units won't be that busy either and I don't see why their tours should be extended.
The issue my brother has with NBC is that their MOS training is 5 months opposed to 1 month in infantry, which means the 2 year tour ticker starts 4 months later than infantry. Personally I think if you're not in it for a career, the extra 4 months can save you a lot of pain.
NBC also has some pretty fun gear so he should be able to have a few good photos before he leaves... stuff to talk about and all.
But this idiot seems to be hell bent on joining the infantry which pretty much disqualifies the shortest TIS and low risk criteria.
Anyone else have a clue or an idea?
Or do you think his pride is just getting in the way and there's not a damn thing anyone can do?