User blog comment:Griever0311/Ask A Marine Part Deux/@comment-1848120-20100317193647

I would advise that you do a LOT of research on it. Would you still want to join the marines if we pulled out of iraq/afghanistan? I'm sure that unless there's some combat, there's not much to do. Maybe humanitarian shit.

that's why i joined the air force, there wasn't a war going on back then and i figured the air force is more like a "job" than a strict way of life. Don't get me wrong, i still get up at 530 every morning to run, but i have a constant job regardless if there's a war or not.

Just make sure it's for the right reasons, and be prepared for the shock. It's far different than i had imagined, so i can't imagine how the marines are.