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

Joined the marines because I wanted the harder more challenging task and got screwed over by getting an MOS I didn’t pick

I’m totally happy with my decision to serve especially in the greatest branch of the United States military. Ever since I’ve joined I’ve only been continuously learning and experiencing the very thing I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid.

I expected a lot more. (Air Force) I will always be grateful for what it’s given me. (Traveled & met my husband and bestfriends) but I’m happy I’m out. I had a lot of very toxic command. And I’m not talking about the normal “rough & tough” military attitude, which I expected and could handle. I mean command talking crap about you with your coworkers. Handing out LOCs and LORs for doing something everyone else was doing & said was okay. I would be the only one grilled for it. I would try to do my job, and then get told I was the worst worker when I was the only one not sitting on my phone and screwing around on my first base. Military let me down incredibly. I resent some of the leaders I had for encouraging and creating that kind of environment. Everyone deserves equal chance.

I knew very early I would be an Infantryman. As early as junior high school. I figured that meant Army or Marine Corps. And I figured...since I was actually about “Service” as opposed to only joining for “what’s in it for me”...that if either has more strict requirements to join...that I actually might meet...then that’s where I should probably go.

Semper Fi!!!

Grandpa- navy
Uncles/aunts- Army
Uncle- USMC
Uncle- AF
Me- USMC/Army

I went to talk to the army recruiter first. I wanted to be a tanker. Then, my best friend went and joined the Navy as a nuc. So, i went and talked to the Navy recruiter. Didn't promise me anything until after I took the asvab. I scored high enough to be a nuc but didn't want that. They offered me Seabees heavy equipment operator. Took that, best decision I could have made. I loved my time in.

Nope

It was as I thought it would be

I expected more life saving and less drills and inspections

I expected more