<p>well i thought the job security and the fact that practically any physically fit 18 year old can join might have been enough. I realize that i am ignorant about a lot of issues outside of my high school bubble, but that is actually why I am on this website. I am here to learn the ways of the wide world outside, and though there is a lot of good information to be found it seems if someone comes here undereducated, it takes a lot of sifting through crap like ^ to get some real knowledge. This probably excessive rant is not solely directed at you piscata, it just seems to be a common trend here</p>
<p>What kind of perks? lol</p>
<p>oh! haha i didnt think of that lol. But aren’t there some positions where the risk is relatively low, my uncle was in vietnam for 2 years and he said he never once was shot at</p>
<p>There isn’t a set age I think. IDK. My dad was below it. He was 40 something.</p>
<p>And actually after you retire you are pretty much on your own. Except for retirement pay but I don’t know much about that. And also I believe something with the GI bill. But it’s not like they help you find a job or make sure you’re happy when you’re old. </p>
<p>My dad worked at NASA before he retired and then when he left he had a REALLY hard time finding a job, even with two business-y master degrees and a certificate thingy and military experience. I remember because I helped him apply to a ton of jobs everyday for a really long time. And he ended up having to take a job in VA (we live in TX).</p>
<p>But now he has an awesome job and his time in the Air Force + security clearance helped a lot.</p>
<p>plscatamacchia, you’re saying the “best and brightest” are people who can afford college, and the poor people are what’s ruining it for the upper class because we should all go to trade school? It’s not letting in mediocre students or parents having this idea that their children have to go to college regardless of their interest in an education, it’s poor people who are not worthy of a college education.</p>
<p>The UCLA MBA isn’t rare. There are plenty of top MBA grads who couldn’t find jobs as fast as they wanted to. He just picked up something to pay the bills rather than being unemployed and spending all his time looking for a job.</p>
<p>Did I actually say anything about income level? Nope, can’t find it.</p>
<p>onthefly, yes there are posistions that are low risk. Safer than equivalent civilian jobs even due to the more structured environment on a military base. Just stay out of Marine Corps and be very wary of the Army.</p>
<p>Why avoid the Marines? Too tough?</p>
<p>And as a nurse for 23 yrs-it’s slowed too and the market is being saturated.</p>
<p>^^^^^^</p>
<p>“Every Marine is a rifleman” as the saying goes. The Marines have even sent band members into combat.</p>
<p>I personally like USMC, but not the best branch to go into if the intention is avoiding combat and danger as onthefly asked about.</p>
<p>You’re right-the Marines run toward it</p>
<p>“When Financial Aid came about it opened college to people who should be taking up trade school and thus eliminated the idea that college was for the best and brightest.”</p>
<p>Silly me, I thought financial aid was for low-income families.</p>
<p>I was going to ask the same question, Lethal Fairy. How does financial aid allow stupid people into college? It just lets poorer people. I got financial aid because my parents are poor but I was in gifted classes since elementary school. I also had a couple academic scholarships but they still didnt cover all the costs.</p>
<p>"well how will people survive if an mba from ucla cannot get you work anymore "</p>
<p>Not having a guarantee does not mean you won’t be able to get a job. You are going to have to WORK to get one, including networking. And it may take a bit of time.</p>