Which military branch should I choose?
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EmperorMing
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Someone beat me to the punch.Wicked Pilot wrote:I will offer the following advice:
1. Find out what you want to do with space.
2. Find out which organizations perform that mission.
3. Find out their requirements.
4. Decide what military job will make you competitive.
5. Find out which services have that job available.
6. Decide which service you want.
7. Decide on a commissioning source.
8. Talk to those associated the program you pick.
9. Start on the paper work.
10. Start making yourself competitive NOW!
I would most definatley second this.
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Probably if you want to be a spacecraft pilot, then Navy or Marine flying corps is right. If you want to be a big-time engineeer dude and work with propulsion, than either nuclear propulsion stuff with the Navy or any of the services rocketry corps is advised...
In all honesty I think that the Navy or USCG best prepares a person for the psychological demands of spacecrew life-- the small, confined spaces, the lacjk of privacy, the fact that you are in a small metal thing surrounded by unforgiving, hostile environment, the crew-and-teamwork mode of thought....
And between them both, the Navy offers the engineering and rocketry backgrounds. All services offer excellent electronics and technical stuff (radar, communication, etc) so if you just want to fiddle with things that arc and spark really any service is good.
In all honesty I think that the Navy or USCG best prepares a person for the psychological demands of spacecrew life-- the small, confined spaces, the lacjk of privacy, the fact that you are in a small metal thing surrounded by unforgiving, hostile environment, the crew-and-teamwork mode of thought....
And between them both, the Navy offers the engineering and rocketry backgrounds. All services offer excellent electronics and technical stuff (radar, communication, etc) so if you just want to fiddle with things that arc and spark really any service is good.
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
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Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
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I'd say the USCG, but I'm a bit biased. 
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Army Special Forces are known to arrive first in conflicts which never existed, offically.EmperorMing wrote:
Go join the marines; they're the first one's in...
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956