Joining the Military? Here’s the Best Advice I Can Give You

Paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), exit a C-130 aircraft Feb. 12, 2010, at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, as part of the largest airborne training exercise conducted by U.S. forces in Iraq since the beginning of the war. A jumpers parachute is opened by the yellow universal static line seen here along the fuselage of the aircraft. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod, 1/82 AAB, USD-C)

Editor’s note: While we publish articles anonymously very infrequently, we must do so in this case due to the author’s current duty assignment. I’m a field grade officer with 24 years of service. I am an Old Soldier. And I have some advice for those with aspirations of military service. If you’re considering joining … Continue reading Joining the Military? Here’s the Best Advice I Can Give You