[ilgipper]

Agree. It is honorable. Probably not advisable to enter at this point.

[Texan]

Our smart, athletic all American Boy grandson wanted to join the military. First as a pilot, but his uncle talked him out of it saying pilots in the future would be obsolete because of drones and he doesn't have the temperament to sit behind a desk and blow people up half a world away.

Then he thought he might want to try and become a SEAL or Special Forces of some kind. The whole family talked him out of it saying you can't trust the Pentagon not to put your life at risk for something really stupid.