Was choosing your branch of service everything you thought it would be? Did you expect more or less?

Yes it was. Although I found out more than I expected. The Army does not take care of it's troops. Those with the know like to mislead you. The ones you can count on are the enlisted & warrants. Your comrades in arms are the ones to trust. Major command has it's mission & doesn't care about the individual. I loved it all the same. Just try and make the best of it. It is an awesome experience.

I expected more I wish I would've went green instead of blue

It was a Marine Recruiter that got me to go see a navy recruiter, I became a 8404 corpsman and served with 3/6. I loved the marines but man did I hate the Navy.

I was just looking for a job and some college money, was making really good money working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. But the Carter administration ended all of that. I ended up staying for 24 years and enjoyed pretty much all of it. I wouldn't want to serve under the current administration though.

Not satisfied at all. The Coast Guard boasted maturity and responsibility yet many supervisors, officers included, I was of same if not older than because I enlisted after graduated college had none of those qualities. All the things the service as well as I put it on a pedastool to be was a letdown. Immature and lazy all the way up. So believe it when I say I was injured and never sent to medical and no reports or mishap report made for what was a traumatic brain injury. I struggled an uphill battle but finally got help that was needed. Three command structures said nothing could be doNE. THAT IS GOING UP to 05 on our base. Finally 2 years to get line of duty report. They tried kicking me out twice for weight when medical never listened that 30 lbs in 3 weeks wasn't normal. Then 70 in a few months. Develop many endo problems as result of no treatment to brain injury. All ers referred back to my corpsman who was my initial response and thought I was overreacting. Now I take 13 meds and injections to sustain daily and no one can legally" take blame for neglect. When it came to a medical board PCM tried to argue that cognitive impairments and memory issues weren't disabilitating to be considered. Even longer story shortened... I submitted a lot of info and got medically retired now fighting VA . lol.

I joined all gun hoe let's go get er dun. CG. Puts you down and with as little as it's force is your battling your supervisor at times for position. So he'll do what he can to make you look bad even between e4 and e6 instead of mentoring you. Plus they are pushing our recruiters to only recruit minorities to diversify to force. No longer best qualified get the job, so the coast guard will eventually become less prestige than it is now. 20 yr vets and retirees have seen big changes and they are unacceptable.

My recruiter was family, so there was no washing out the truth, he layed it out straight, which made a much easier transition into the Army, but down to it, it's all personal preference.

Army was a done deal for me. As well as my choice to be a mechanic. Mech 116 and a 119 GT

Well Being brand new to the military, as far as I can tell I have nothing to complain about. I love my MOS, I love espirit de corps, and I love the fact that I can say I'm doing something more productive with my life than my recently graduated peers.

I chose the navy, for many reasons. Wasn't disappointed. I got more out of it than I ever expected!!

I expected a lot more than to just paint and clean