TheOkadaWard

I was just curious as to how many of you served in the military. I myself am serving in the Marine Corps and am stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Feel free to talk about how the military life is affecting your musicianship whether its allowed you to meet potiential/current band mates or maybe constricted your ability to even play, etc.

Jackal58

Ohh Looky it's a jarhead!

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FearMyLightning

America FK ya has the best fkin militery thier is. Dunt badmowth us or well bomb u America FK ya

Dreadnought

Super secret master race reporting in.

Definitely don't get to play guitar as much as I used to. I knew before I got in, though, that I was making a choice between the two, and guitar was going to take a backseat no matter what.

I've yet to take my guitar on any of my deployments, but I'll be doing it here pretty soon I think.

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fanapathy

Yes, served in Chad with the UN. It's actually where I really got into guitar. Somehow figured out that our lead surgeon was a beast player and we would start jamming when we had free time. There were actually a lot of musicians in our troop, so it was a great place to learn and potentially even form a band. Though that was a bit more chill mission than average. Good luck

Jackal58

Yer not a jar head.

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Trowzaa

**** yeah

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crazysam23_Atax

My dad was in the military. They paid for his med school.

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5_Years_Dead

I stole a car when I was 16, the military didn't want me.

Fvck it, I ain't no babykiller anyways.

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Joshua Garcia

Uhh... I was in ROTC for a while.

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bdof

Air Force for 7 years. Currently shining a seat with my ass in a cubicle now after doing 6 years of mission support in the UAV community. I'm hating life right now

Luckily I've never had a problem with being in the military and pursuing a hobby like guitar. I've never deployed, even though I've tried to, and this is only my 2nd duty station outside of tech school. Being grounded for 6 years in one place, and then 3 more at this one has many pros, but also several cons.

LAND34002

Marine Corps infantry. 3/8 kilo co.

MonsterMetalMus

Well... I thought about joining the Marines.

I'm actually still considering it. I let my parents talk me into a year of college before making the final decision though. So, how does being deployed as a Marine affect your ability to play? Do you find you lack time to practice and your skills deteriorate? Also, assuming you played before you enlisted, what was it like playing your instrument when you got back from boot? The longest I've gone without playing guitar is about a week, and it took a few hours of solid practice to get back into the swing of things. I can imagine myself picking up my guitar for the first time in 3 months and just playing like complete shit.

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macashmack

You lucky bastard. I'm planning on enlisting in the Marines after I do Americorps next year. If it were up to me I'd enlist right when I graduate but my mom wants me to do Americorps before I enlist. Not to say I'm not excited but my father and cousin were Marines and I've wanted to earn the title since forever.

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Dreadnought

That's a shitty reason to join. The title doesn't mean anything.

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falcon1439

Greetings from the UK! My dad was in the navy years back,my grandad was a pilot in the RAF, my great grandad was in the infantry and my great great grandad was in the infantry too. I really look up to them and I'm currently waiting to apply to the army air corps

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Zordon

I'm sorry, please someone explain to me, why does it seem like such a good idea to join the army? I'm not American. It seems to me like there's a lot of young guys in the US really wanting to enlist, it's kinda rare in my country or in Europe.

BladeSlinger

They pay for things and it's ingrained in the culture. Serve your country and all.


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But really, gotta respect my military friends.

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Ometh

I actually thought about enlisting for like a week lol. I'm not built for that stuff, I'm fragile like a flower

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