My job is not important.

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Have you ever felt like your job doesn't mean anything? I often want to join the infantry because: A. I feel like it means something to fight for your country B. It means something to watch your buddy's ass and make sure he doesn't get blown to bits, and C. I think I deep down hate myself and wouldn't mind if I got blown to bits myself. I'm just not suicidal. Since I'm in the National Guard that means I have to have a civilian job. They just don't cut it. I've done about every kind of work known to man. From plumbing, to waiting tables. I've even worked full time for the guard. I was in uniform every day. But it was a desk job. The guard just doesn't have any need for combat ready soldiers. But they do have a need for cooks which is what I've been trained to be. But cooks miss out on the combat training because we are cooking. I feel like I've been trained to fight and it's what I do best and I'm never allowed to do it. I even get in fist fights regularly. And I never pick fights with guys my size. I always take on the largest, meanest guys I can find and often get hurt or lose. But I just can't stop. All I want to do is fight. Is that normal?

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  • got_the_tee_shirt_and_scars
    14 years ago

    First of all, speaking as an old Air Force puke, all service is honorable, whether it be the Guard, Reserve, or active duty.

    Second of all, cut out the fighting. Besides the possibility of getting your @$$ pounded bloody, you might find yourself arrested. That would screw up any chance you have of being promoted, or changing jobs in the Guard, and my friend, DON'T fight during your UTAs or annual training. An Article 15 or court-martial is deadly serious stuff. If you apply for a job where you are asked that, and if you have either of those on your record, you might find it hard to get the job, if not impossible.

    Sounds like you want some action. Have you looked around for other units and jobs you can try out for? When I was in the Army Reserve for a short while as an Intel weenie, there was a captain who was going to Ranger School.

    How about the Air National Guard? The Air Guard has pararescue units. The training is tough, the job is demanding, and it is rewarding. Good luck!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Welcome to the world of government. Not important

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  • M0J00
    14 years ago

    Feeling inimportant is normal but picking fights with people on a regular basis is not.That might be the reason they didnt give you a job in the first place.The army isnt about fighting they do evreything they can to unman the frontlines.Explosions and fighting can cause insanity.NOT NORMAL!

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Sorry, you are one confused and angry guy with a huge chip on your shoulder. Stick to mashing potatoes.

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  • Chocky
    15 years ago

    I used to dream video game characters.

    you must be absolutely obsessed with cartoons ... I know I was

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  • Hosikage
    15 years ago

    Yeah i have read many (true story) novels of people joining the military to "mean something".
    So MANY of those stories...
    They totally got killed brutally and several of them cursed "the fatherland" for the war they was in.

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  • starguy
    15 years ago

    sounds like your life dosn't meen anything to u.

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  • Harry_head
    15 years ago

    Of coarse it may sound like fun to kill people if your a sad power crazy type, but you must remember, you too could get killed or mutilated you pals will probably get killed too and you can look forward to being mad as a spoon in later life, good luck.

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  • [Old Memory]
    15 years ago

    normal man...

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  • cpg123
    15 years ago

    DO WORK SON

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  • [Old Memory]
    15 years ago

    fuck defending your country

    the only advantage of joining the military is that you get to legally kill people. how fucking awesome is that?

    if I could unload a whole clip of an ak47 right into someones skull and not go to jail i would be so happy

    you even get to throw grenades at people and watch their limbs get detached from their torso, with blood and guts spraying everywhere

    i'd have so much fun in the military

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    • MattRooney06
      15 years ago

      it doesnt quite work like that if you unload a whole cllip into somones head or just start blowin upo corpses you get kicked and somtimes even jailed for "bad press" i kid you not

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