[quote=@Pepperm1nts]
I'm not going to bother quoting all the shit two pages back, but..

I don't want to join the Army. I sort of want to join the Marines, but I'll admit that's sort of faded away as I've grown older. I still sort of want to do it, but a part of me doesn't, for a variety of reasons. That said, I was about to enlist, like.. literally I was one car trip away from it, but then I stopped the process altogether and decided I wasn't sure. And here I am wondering if I should go back. I'm thinking of doing it though, just because I honestly have no fuckin' idea what to do with my life.
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The military is one of those things you should probably gage with your career. I know quite a few people who have joined, and I've noticed they tend to have the same problems that people who student loan'ed their way through a humanities degree: They don't have experience relevant to anything in the civilian workforce. My first job was sitting around a computer lab in a section 8 housing complex making sure people didn't steal anything or download porn. One of the things they decided to do was set up a station for job searching, which consisted of an ancient-as-fuck computer that linked directly to the state unemployment office's website, and a bunch of How-to booklets. The booklets were for people who would have additional difficulties. Shit like "How to get a Job if you never have had one." and "How to get a job if you just got out of prison." Another one was "How to get a job if you just got out of the military."

The biggest perk, as far as I can tell, is assloads of money for school. It is a good option for people who need that. When my cousin found out that military experience had done absolutely jack shit to further her field, she managed to use the assloads of money to get into a top school. That's the biggest perk.

But the modern employer isn't very sentimental. They like the type of experience specific to what the job is. I have heard cops and technicians tend to come out of the military pretty well, but I don't think I've known anybody who has done that. 

Right now, your best best is to either luck into the Entertainment industry or get a cushy Government job. Everything else... everything else is falling apart.