Its been a long weekend.

[Bouncer]

Prove something to myself...eh, I don't know. I actually have never understood what that means. This is the best way I can explain my reasoning for wanting to join the military. I felt like after high school I should go to college, and I've felt like after college I should join the military. I don't know how to explain it, it just feels like the right thing to do.

Does that mean I want to prove that I can do it? I have no idea. Of course I am concerned about the impact on my life, it just hard to put into words how I feel about it. Other than to say it feels like something I should do.

Maybe its because so many of my relatives are military personnel. I don't know. I think the thing that makes it hardest for me to join is I don't agree with the action we are taking in Iraq, politically.

Sorry for the jumble you kind of got it as it came out...

i just wouldn't want to see you go into it and say, "holy shit, i had no idea it was like this.". and like you said, our military is being used like pawns to fight for a bunch of old pieces of shit in Washington. no fucking way am i putting my life on the line for nothing.

[NewbieChris]

Like I said, it just feels like the right thing to do, thats the only way I can describe it.

As for being surprised at what I see, I'm sure I will be. There can't be a thing in the world that prepares someone like me for going into a war zone. Never been, so I do realize it will be somewhat of a shock.