Out of these clubs, which ones should I Join? (For the Military)

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<p>So I plan on going into the military after college, specifically into the special forces with either the Army or Navy. I was wondering what clubs would be the most useful to get me just a little prepared for some of the future experiences. I have 4 years, so I am not in a rush, and I can get a personal trainer too to help prepare for the physical PT tests.</p>

<p>The list of clubs I picked include:</p>

<p>Jujitsu/Brazilian Jujitsu Club
Skydiving Club
Paintball club
Pistol and Rifle Club
Crew Club</p>

<p>And for Academic clubs:</p>

<p>Engineering Student Leadership Council
Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Engineering without borders
Italian Club</p>

<p>Obviously, I cant do 8 clubs, so I need some opinions. </p>

<p>Because I can get a personal trainer for free through the school, I think I could exclude crew club and maybe Jujitsu. However, I do want to learn one martial arts just for protection.
With skydiving, it would be fun, but you could also do it by yourself, and its also required during the military. Same applies with both Paintballing and Pistol/Rifle Club, and both will be used in the military anyway.</p>

<p>As for the academic clubs, i'm thinking that 'Engineering Student Leadership Council' would be the best choice because of its leadership portion. For Italian club, i'm minoring in Italian anyway, plus traveling abroad, so I see no use for it.</p>

<p>I guess I can only realistically join 1-3 clubs, especially during my freshman year. I'm also majoring in engineering, so that is time consuming also.</p>

<p>Anyone have any opinions? I am Interested in all the clubs, so it wouldn't help with an answer like "pick the ones your interested in". I would be equally satisfied with any combination.</p>

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<p>Wing Chun >> Jiujutsu</p>

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Looks very good.</p>

<p>However, there is no club that offers this.</p>

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<p>There is no NROTC here. Plus I want to do some fun clubs too. From what i heard, waking up at 5 for ROTC is not fun.</p>

<p>I really just want to pick some of these clubs to do, not only because they somewhat relate to the military, but also because they are fun.</p>

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<p>You wake up at five for crew, run to practice, push your body to the limit, and all before you go to class.</p>

<p>But I’m biased, I row.</p>

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<p>The point is there is no NROTC here. Crew, on the other hand, sounds fun, but like I said, I can get a personal workout for free, so I will exclude it for now.</p>

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<p>Crew isn’t a personal workout though. It is the ultimate team sport. You HAVE to work together with the other men in your boat, or you’ll flip, get knocked in the face, fail. It teaches discipline and timing, and builds your leg and core muscles. </p>

<p>Juuuust saying lol.</p>

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<p>Swimming, lots of swimming!..and running, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, flutter kicks.
Also, do some team sports you enjoy, while keeping your grades decent.</p>

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<p>Ok out of THOSE CLUBS UP THERE, can anyone pick 2-3 reasonable clubs that I should join, and not only because of there usefulness but because of how fun they are. I have a personal trainer for working out so I DO NOT NEED TO HEAR WHAT TO DO.</p>

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<p>I am not really looking to join a club just to impress some recruiter; at the core, these clubs are the ones that interest me the most, and not how prestigious they look for the military. My problem, however, is the inability to join 8 clubs.</p>

<p>Just a simple question: in general, how much and how long to most clubs meet in a week? As I mentioned before, I don’t see most clubs involving some sort of funding meeting every weekday, i.e. skydiving and Pistol/Rifle. I could see myself doing most of these clubs if they do meet once/twice a week or so, but if they meet everyday (which I think the crew team does), it would be hard to maintain everything at once.</p>

<p>As I also said before, the personal trainer offered by the school is just a substitute for the rigorous training of the crew team, meaning that if I can not attend most of these clubs because of time constraints, the crew team would be one of the first clubs I would exclude from my list.</p>

<p>In all, I don’t care about how the military perceives the clubs, but how they are available to me, and the best/most practical combination of how many are possible. I do not even think that any branch of the military takes into account the clubs you we in, as you are not applying to get into anything, but just enlisting.</p>

<p>If anything, I will most likely try out each club, and go from there. I just wanted to know the experiences other people had with any of the clubs, and if they could give me their opinions on them. (I assume they are similar at a lot of schools)</p>

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<p>krav maga is the sickest martial art and it is utilized in the Us special forces more than jiu jitsu or any other martial art. your school may not have a class but look around town for a martial arts gym and check it out</p>

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<li><p>None of these clubs will “help” you get in. You score high enough on the ASVAB, have good enough eyesight and hearing, and tell them it’s what you want to do. </p></li>
<li><p>None will teach you any practical skills that will help. If you want to take a stretch, a big one, you could say they will teach you discipline and teamwork.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t broadcast to the world, and more specifically to people around you, that you are going to join the military. And please…leave the “special forces” part out. Nothing could be more ******y or laughable. I’m not trying to bring you down, just giving you some advice.</p></li>
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<p>Honestly, it seems like you’ve talked yourself out of every club you’ve mentioned. lol</p>

<p>Why do you want to join the military? You are unwilling to wake up at 5 AM for ROTC. How are you going to deal with staying up for days on end, with no showers, while seeing your friends die and having to kill people? There will be nothing fun about Bootcamp or being deployed. If you really want to be prepared for joining the military, stop having fun.</p>

<p>However, to address your topic, I guess the best club that you haven’t completely rejected yet is the Skydiving Club. However, that probably won’t prepare you very well for anything other than skydiving, which won’t be that big a part of the military experience. I second whoever mentioned Crew, although you’ve shot that down.</p>

<p>EDIT: Just to mention, everything that you don’t like about ROTC, you will have to go through during bootcamp.</p>

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<p>Yeah…you might want to reconsider the military if you don’t want to get up at 5 in the morning because that is pretty much the normal wake up time. As for clubs, the crew club works on teamwork which is something you NEED…though you have rejected it from what I can see.</p>

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<p>Crew = Some of the best guys I have ever met (but way to much work for me)</p>