60-80% boring stuff, the rest is fantastic.
Infantry, 1982-1990
Recon, 3/187th Infantry, 101st Abn Div
and some other line units.
Fired:
Dragon AT missile (1)
M-136 rocket launcher (the AT4 or Viper) several
M-72 LAW many
M-203 lots and lots
M-60 Humped it for two years-ever seen a 300 round burst of tracer? That was me;)
M-249 SAW thousands
M-3 Greasegun
M-1911 and 1911A1
M-16A1
M-16A2
M-14
M-14 NM
AK-47
AKM
RPK
PKM
M2HB .50 cal
M18A1 Claymore AP mine
M-167 towed Vulcan
Lots of C-4, det cord, other demo
Familiarized with TOW, Mortars, and Stinger
Rappelled from Blackhawks (including 1 Aussie)
Flown in 'Hawks, Chinooks, Hueys.
Jungle Warfare School
Korean Ranger School
Drill Instructor School
Air Assault School
Plus you have a real chance at a real war against terror. Worthwhile.
If you want to go into a trade you can learn it in the military. Some people just want to be Infantryman. BTW, I'm in finance now, and doing very well, thank you.
You should go over to military.com and read some of the posts, there are a lot with your questions, and a lot of good answers. You should be able to get a Ranger contract if your GT score is high enough. You will likely be 11X, which means you could get mortars instead of light weapons infantry.
If you get Fort Campbell in your contract you'll go to the 101st, you can try to volunteer for the battalion Scout Platoon when you get there. That's definitely the best place to be. Better training, more training, a lot of Hooah stuff, better shot at Ranger School.
There will be times when you have sh*t details,
that's always been a part of the job, from Alexanders Army and before to today. If you want to say you've been there, you'll have to deal.
You may be able to get a guarantedd Specail Forces contract, I don't know if they still have those, they did last year. Check Mil.com
HTH
Tim