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  1. 1. Which profession would you prefer your child to choose?

    • Health field (doctor, psychiatrist, etc)
      7
    • Law field
      6
    • Communication field
      1
    • Pilot
      2
    • Military
      2
    • Vagabund
      1
    • Actor/Musician
      2
    • Artist (painter, photographer, etc)
      4
    • Religious related (priest, etc)
      1
    • Police field
      0
    • Technology field
      13
    • Business field
      7

  2. 2. Would you want your child to join the army?

    • Yes
      10
    • No
      36

  3. 3. If you answered yes to the previous question, are you

    • spouse, sibling, daughter or son of someone in the military
      7
    • i am military
      4
    • not military or related to military people
      9
    • i answered no
      26

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almaty Grand Master

almaty   19

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21 no votes..with all the flag wavers and armchair veterans here..you think, it be other way..as always, the right is gutless..

Peace to All creatures great and small............................................

But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

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scandal Grand Master

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My kids live in Brazil with my ex. My oldest son is 17. He has one year of high school left and needs to do his college applications this fall.

He is a complete geek, as I was. He will probably be either a math or physics major, and wind up somewhere in the sciences or a technical field. I keep trying to encourage him to be a quant (quantitative analyst) at a trading firm. It's the best way I know to do true math/numerical analysis/computing with high-end toys, and make a really good living at it. He's cool to the idea, mainly because I'm suggesting it and I'm a f*ckwad as far as he's concerned.

He had been shortlisting 3 schools in Canada - Waterloo, University of Toronto and Carleton (my alma mater BSc). But now he's thinking of the Technion in Israel (my other alma mater MSc). I'm ok with that option, Technion is a great school, but it would come with compulsory military service in the Israeli army. So, to the second part of Nessa's poll, it looks like he could be in uniform regardless of what I think.

I salute all those who serve and defend our freedom. Political differences aside, everyone should recognize that our way of life does not come cheaply and is built upon the sacrifice of the military and their families.

Ban Hammer Grand Master

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I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

however, rank progression is slower in the air force.

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I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

Husband was in both and thought the AF was full of loosey-goosey sissy pants. He liked his Army structure. Plus they taught him how to keep his clothes folded and put away properly. Heck, just for that alone I'm giving my kids to the military for proper raising. :thumbs:

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tmma   467

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21 no votes..with all the flag wavers and armchair veterans here..you think, it be other way..as always, the right is gutless..

As a 'flag waving not-so-much-in the armchair' :huh: veteran- who is certainly not gutless--I said NO to would I want my son joining the Army. If he really wanted to be a part of the Military, I would steer him towards the Air Force and their professions ( after college).

I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

however, rank progression is slower in the air force.

It is.

Liefde is een bloem zo teer dat hij knakt bij de minste aanraking en zo sterk dat niets zijn groei in de weg staat

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Take a large, almost round, rotating sphere about 8000 miles in diameter, surround it with a murky, viscous atmosphere of gases mixed with water vapor, tilt its axis so it wobbles back and forth with respect to a source of heat and light, freeze it at both ends and roast it in the middle, cover most of its surface with liquid that constantly feeds vapor into the atmosphere as the sphere tosses billions of gallons up and down to the rhythmic pulling of a captive satellite and the sun. Then try to predict the conditions of that atmosphere over a small area within a 5 mile radius for a period of one to five days in advance!

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almaty Grand Master

almaty   19

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21 no votes..with all the flag wavers and armchair veterans here..you think, it be other way..as always, the right is gutless..

As a 'flag waving not-so-much-in the armchair' :huh: veteran- who is certainly not gutless--I said NO to would I want my son joining the Army. If he really wanted to be a part of the Military, I would steer him towards the Air Force and their professions ( after college).

I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

however, rank progression is slower in the air force.

It is.

so the army only offers grunt jobs...and the air force is for the intellectual gifted...?

Peace to All creatures great and small............................................

But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

Peppi_drinking_beer.jpg

my burro, bosco ..enjoying a beer in almaty

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&id=10835

mawilson Grand Master

mawilson   2,133

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But now he's thinking of the Technion in Israel (my other alma mater MSc). I'm ok with that option, Technion is a great school, but it would come with compulsory military service in the Israeli army.

I'm pretty sure the IDF will let him graduate first... he can dodge it later.

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tmma Experienced

tmma   467

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21 no votes..with all the flag wavers and armchair veterans here..you think, it be other way..as always, the right is gutless..

As a 'flag waving not-so-much-in the armchair' :huh:veteran- who is certainly not gutless--I said NO to would I want my son joining the Army. If he really wanted to be a part of the Military, I would steer him towards the Air Force and their professions ( after college).

I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

however, rank progression is slower in the air force.

It is.

so the army only offers grunt jobs...and the air force is for the intellectual gifted...?

No, I never said, thought or implied that. I will be happy with my son doing whatever makes him happy, but if he were to be interested in the Military I would steer him towards the AF because (IMO and experience) there is a wider variety of career fields post-air force than Army....example- aerospace and the likes.

I spent 4 years at Ft Lewis with the 1st ASOG (I CORPS) doing Army special forces special ops support, then 6 months in Bosnia with the Army 82nd Airbourne. In fact I spent more of my AF career as part of a rapid deployment Airbourne Army team than AF.. I admired and respected those folks as much as any other member of the military of any branch AD or not.

Liefde is een bloem zo teer dat hij knakt bij de minste aanraking en zo sterk dat niets zijn groei in de weg staat

event.png

IK HOU VAN JOU, MARK

.png

Take a large, almost round, rotating sphere about 8000 miles in diameter, surround it with a murky, viscous atmosphere of gases mixed with water vapor, tilt its axis so it wobbles back and forth with respect to a source of heat and light, freeze it at both ends and roast it in the middle, cover most of its surface with liquid that constantly feeds vapor into the atmosphere as the sphere tosses billions of gallons up and down to the rhythmic pulling of a captive satellite and the sun. Then try to predict the conditions of that atmosphere over a small area within a 5 mile radius for a period of one to five days in advance!

---

almaty Grand Master

almaty   19

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21 no votes..with all the flag wavers and armchair veterans here..you think, it be other way..as always, the right is gutless..

As a 'flag waving not-so-much-in the armchair' :huh:veteran- who is certainly not gutless--I said NO to would I want my son joining the Army. If he really wanted to be a part of the Military, I would steer him towards the Air Force and their professions ( after college).

I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

however, rank progression is slower in the air force.

It is.

so the army only offers grunt jobs...and the air force is for the intellectual gifted...?

No, I never said, thought or implied that. I will be happy with my son doing whatever makes him happy, but if he were to be interested in the Military I would steer him towards the AF because (IMO and experience) there is a wider variety of career fields post-air force than Army....example- aerospace and the likes.

I spent 4 years at Ft Lewis with the 1st ASOG (I CORPS) doing Army special forces special ops support, then 6 months in Bosnia with the Army 82nd Airbourne. In fact I spent more of my AF career as part of a rapid deployment Airbourne Army team than AF.. I admired and respected those folks as much as any other member of the military of any branch AD or not.

:thumbs: thank you for a most informative and excellent post...

Peace to All creatures great and small............................................

But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

Peppi_drinking_beer.jpg

my burro, bosco ..enjoying a beer in almaty

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&id=10835

Ban Hammer Grand Master

Ban Hammer   13,619

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21 no votes..with all the flag wavers and armchair veterans here..you think, it be other way..as always, the right is gutless..

As a 'flag waving not-so-much-in the armchair' :huh: veteran- who is certainly not gutless--I said NO to would I want my son joining the Army. If he really wanted to be a part of the Military, I would steer him towards the Air Force and their professions ( after college).

I'm Army but I would recommend Air Force instead... much better quality of life. Privates in the Air Force get better food & housing than field grade officers in the Army!

however, rank progression is slower in the air force.

It is.

so the army only offers grunt jobs...and the air force is for the intellectual gifted...?

:no:

* ~ * Charles * ~ *
 

I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

 

USE THE REPORT BUTTON INSTEAD OF MESSAGING A MODERATOR!

 

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