The 10 Worst Jobs of 2012: 3 - Enlisted Military Soldier

I got TKO'd from the navy and the army but I really want to join the military.  Is there really nothing I can do?? They said Ihve to get allllll my medical records which seems impossible. I wanna knw if I can get a reevaluation or something bc there is absolutely nothing wrong with me. Or should I just give up

These comments make me sick. All you ungrateful bastards seem to "know" everything about our soldiers. Before you start running your cock holsters anymore, why don't you go find out what it takes to be in the military. I bet 90% of you wouldn't even qualify. You don't know how good we actually have it compared to most of the other countries. Why don't you go over there and find out. For those that think soldiers are all drunk adulterers,get a damn brain. It's not cause their soldiers, it's a problem with all 20-40 year olds. Damn, who makes up the majority of the military???  Of course there's problems, but it's worse for soldiers because 1 idiot does something wrong and it makes them all look bad. 

I feel sorry for all the good friends I have that are active duty. Good people left to rot under **** management. These pathetic micro managers can't make it in the real world. Instead they sit on their fat profiled asses and try to dictate others lives. I'm talking about the fat black smsgt that can't do a push-up but can eat his weight in food, or the fat msgt that has c cup breasts and is a male, or that fat cmsgt who snacks on cakes all day. Air Force leadership is nothing more than uneducated fat losers, bad decision makers and morale killers. so if your a so called leader an this offends you then too bad. You're not serving your country, you're ruining it and collecting a free check. I hope you all lose you retirement and all the benefits.  

i am 27 can i still get in the airfoce

The amount of cheating I've seen in the military blew my mind.  I was expecting the military to be held to a higher moral standard then the civilian world, but I found the opposite to be true.  The majority of military men cheat and often do it with oftentimes many women, quite  often with a smile on their face and no remorse whatsoever.  Oftentimes the wives are doing the same thing sleeping with whoever while husbands are deployed.  I've never seen so many people get away with so much because they're a Freemason and never experienced so much bullying for being a real genuine person. The military does have great benefits and anybody that says otherwise is lying.  But as you can see the government is constantly restricting our freedoms, such as the 2nd amendment but dumb troops somehow think killing an Iraqi makes us free.  The level of beaurocracy and paperwork you have to do to get one small thing done will turn your hair gray.  I'm sure the army 20 years ago used to be pretty awesome now it's a political nightmare with no morals.

When you factor in VA benefits, compensation for injuries sustatained, health care for the rest of my life, education, GI Bill, basic pay, Housing allowance, food allowance, etc made over a $1,000,000 during my 4 year enlistment. I've been out for 3 months, I'll have my bachelors degree in molecular biology in two semesters. Oh, I have no student loan debt, my Audi is paid off, and I spent 3 years living in a beach house throughout the course of my enlistment.Still think your so smart; racking up student loans to pay for your sub-par education? If you take the time out of your day to come here and bash military members I doubt your even in school, your probably just pissed because a Marine took your girlfriend.

 Its not about pay.  Its what you do for that amount of pay that some civilian does less than you and gets paid not just more, but wayyy more.  And of course after that you would say oh just go work for them.  No ,being a soldier is a higher level of responsibility and it is fullfilling however it is not right that for what we do we get paid just enough to where we dont complain.  I say negative to that.  Give soldiers a more equal pay, especially to their civilian counterparts.  Retention wise this makes all the sense in the world.  More soldiers would stay in the military if they knew that they would only get a small jump in pay if they go to civilian life.  It is about service and defending our nation ,but if were content with getting crappy pay, then what else is on the table for them to take away or tweak?  Could they possibly take tuition assistance away for active duty soldiers?  Oh wait they already did!However patriotic soldiers are, the thing that entices them to enlist in the military and stay in is benefits, and financial prosperity.  The mixture of the two not one more than the other.  So to say its not about money is to not be realistic.  Money makes the world go round.  And a soldier no matter how much he loves his country will not do it for minimum wage.

My husband is in the military n I totally love n respect him.

Not sure what the purpose of this stupid site serves but they clearly have it wrong concerning the military. Probably some punk kid that got booted out of the military and now works IT somewhere and created this useless site. Military careers are exactly what you make them. It has never been about the pay or the lack of...it is about service and defending our once great nation. If you don't understand that then you're probably self-centered and believe the world owes you something; to that I say go **** up a rope.

Boy if you guys think that the military is full of poverty-stricken morons and bad managers, wait until you join the civilian workforce!

I find this ridiculously disrespectful. I'm in the United States Marine Corps and I fight on the frontlines. We're out here risking our lives every step we take and the civilians back home have no respect. Sometimes I'd rather be out here chilling with these towel-heads than be back at home and realize how ignorant some of my fellow Americans can be.

I find it a disgrace how footballers are payed £10,000,000 + per year, it's a joke, first off these soldiers are risking their lives to fight for our country and they are getting payed minimum wage, SERIOUSLY WTF!Footballing, is a hobby and if taken forward as a job, they should just be payed minimum wage, they're just having fun on the field, kicking the ball around with friends, in places like Afgan, soldiers are out there and some see there friends get killed and the mental pain of dealing with experiences like this, are life chaning, WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?Tbh i rate people like David Bechham and Bill Gates for example, they are both MEGA rich and they have given money they have earned away to help people who haven't got the best life, fair play but everyone forgets about the soldiers, no one cares about the wages they are on, it's time it should change.

Military life doesn't suck. It's a blast and it gives people more opportunities for adventure than they could ever imagine. It instills strong character -- if you let it. I went back to college, and it opened my eyes to our our civilian contemporaries were having a BLAST in college while we were just trying to survive. While we deployed overseas, they partied, drank, and hooked up ALOT. Oh yeah, and alot of them still get good jobs - connections from family, friends, etc.So, I think that mentality makes us veterans think we missed out on all the good times when we come back home. I used to think about that everyday and it seems like my old buds did too. Basically, we start think we were fools for getting on the front lines while the rest of our generation partied and made money. But these thoughts are FALSE - we are the winners.This might sound crazy, but I think what freaks my friends out is that all the "good girls" got taken by the college losers with money/booze/drugs when they were gone and now they have to root through the leftovers. (I really do think this is more painful that the combat horrors - I mean look at the WW2 generation, they came back, got laid, and shacked up to pretty girls quick [b/c society was thankful about WW2] and they got over it.) Or they have to accept the "good girls"  they dumped/were dumped which can be painful to many. But they shouldn't worry about that . . . the military made you a stud from an objective standpoint that that'll pay off in the end and you'll be happy (though be patient - it'll take time)Nevertheless, after a couple years of civilian life, I finally accepted that our military service made us stronger people with stronger character. Our civilian counterpart's lives suck - they have no sense of fulfillment so no wonder they are all on anti-depressants. We just need to embrace how military life made us stronger! As for me, I'm going back into the service in six months. It'll be good to go back - I'm from a small town in rural Georgia and there's nothing left for me there in terms of jobs.

Was in the US Army. It's always what you make of it. Being friends with the right people didn't hurt either ;)

The military is what you make of it. The joe's that are talking about how horrible their military life is, are the ones that never leave their barracks. They don't take advantage of their location, tuition assistance, or military schools. They are the bitter lazy morale killers. You know who you are. Then there are the others in the military. Embracing the suck, driving on, stepping up, and helping their battle buddies. 4 years or 20 years, they find a way to make the most of it. The pay sucks, the work is hard, there are many sacrifices, but there is no better job than one of selfless service. Drink water, stretch. 

Hey seriously go to school then get in the service. I'm a Cpt. And a doctor in the Air Force, and have been in for about 11 years now.I got a sweet job plus sweet benefits. The only problem is, I make about 200k less than I would as a civi doc. Still if you want a "cushy" job, go to school then the service. By the way I'm not one of these crap docs that went through the military's med school! I went to Michigain State.