Which Branch would you have joined if you had not chosen your current branch ? Ehh.. just a random question I thought about. I wanted to hear You guys' thoughts and opinions.

Posted on Nov 20, 2014

Which Branch would you have joined if you had not chosen your current branch ?

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Ehh.. just a random question I thought about. I wanted to hear You guys' thoughts and opinions.

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CPT Jack Durish

Posted 9 y ago

A reasonable question. I chose the Navy. Sadly, they were so slow processing my application, I had to enlist in the Army to avoid being drafted. The Navy called four hours after I had been sworn in.

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LTJG (Join to see)

9 y

Talk about bad timing!

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PO3 David Fries

9 y

Short version, I was looking at the Marines when the Navy picked me up.

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LCpl Leonard Day

8 y

I joined the Marines, but if I had to do all over probably the Air Force!

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LTJG (Join to see)

Posted 9 y ago

Can we give this question some love? I wanted to ask it today, myself, but didn't want to duplicate. SSG Carlos Madden

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SGT (Join to see)

9 y

I didn't get any love because it doesn't have any tags. He or an admin would need to fix that.

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LTJG (Join to see)

9 y

SGT (Join to see) - I wasn't on RallyPoint in 2014. Not sure what the site was like back then. But yes, perhaps SSG Carlos Madden can help this post out.

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

9 y

Well I got Nixed by the Army (Too Skinny) that is why I joined the Navy. Probably the Air Force knowing what I know now about their Quality of Life but I would truly have lost out on the Travel.

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PO1 (Join to see)

9 y

I thought about the Air Force for a minute but I just leaned more toward the Navy. My uncle was a sailor so I thought just to carry on the lineage.

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MAJ David Brand

Posted 9 y ago

Now that I am retired - I think about it a little differently! If I were on active duty now - I would look for a branch that had good transferable skills to the civilian world of work! Sounds selfish - but having been retired for nearly 17 years - l now know that life goes on after the military and it can go on for a long time! I enjoyed Armor and Intelligence - but Intelligence has served me much better in retirement! Great question!

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