sounds like bullshit to me. too good to be true. unless, of course you're a genius. And most who join the military are certainly NOT in that intelligence bracket. But I don't think your lucrative return was because of your involvement with the Navy; it was probably because of your intelligence. Smart people tend to make it...but that Navy stamp on your resume probably doesn't hurt.
It's like they tell you...
You get out what you put in.
In the Navy I learned that I had no limits to how much pressure I could handle. You're constantly fed to the fire to the point that nothing can faze you. It sucks but at the same time it's good. You end up learning a lot about yourself. Some good and some bad.
But the Navy schools are different. There were 10 people in my last class and 4 teachers (6 grads). The Navy Teachers were older experienced techs that had already done field service. The military teachers are willing to do anything it takes to get you to pass if you are willing to work at it. They will stay there after school all night answering questions for you if that's what it takes. In the Navy everyone is "Shipmates". That word only means something to a squid but it is VERY powerful to any Navy man or woman. It's like beyond brother...(or sister)
A Shipmate is what you wish your brother was.
So anyway, my teachers and the other students were my shipmates. What would you be willing to do for your brother to get him through school? All the slackers where long gone so everyone was like in a learning frenzy, feeding off and helping each other. We all studied hard and partied even harder.
Some people can hang...most can't.
Collage was a joke compared to the advanced Navy schools. My professors knew nothing about computers and we would constantly fight over the fact that I used one and they didn't. I'm like..."Listen you idiots, no one is going to be doing this shit by hand in four years, you should be teaching all these kids how to use computers".(of course I didn't say it like that but you get my point
) Guess who was right!
I was putting up shit on the walls that those kooks had never dreamed of. Photoshop had just came out and I lived and breathed it. It was like heroin for me. What's wild is design is still that way for me 19 years later. Check out my 3D illustration that I did for an article I'm writing for High Times.
The old saying is true...Those that can, do...Those that can't, teach...
So what does everyone learn from the service?
5) Discipline
4) Respect
3) Experience
2) Teamwork
and most important...
1) Love. (not the gay kind
)
More like "I love the fact that I'm not getting my head blown off because you got my back kind of love"
A lot of people miss out on a really great life because they listen to the wrong people. I fuckin loved the Navy! Air Force kicks ass just as much!
The Army...ehhhhh...... did I mention the Navy and Air force kicks ass.
Oh yea, I forgot the Marines. Go watch 300
300 (film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Now picture them with clothes and big guns...