If you want to go to war, join up.
If you want to live the military life without being FORCED to go to war, become a US Contractor for the Army, Navy or Air Force.
You will have the OPTION of deploying to theater rather than be forced to.
You also won't have to deal with the typical BS the military have to go through during basic with some jackhole yelling at you and all the hazing bullshyt. While you will have to go through the civilian equivalences, they're not nearly as shytty as Basic...and you can beat the ever-living shyt outta someone if you want without getting put out for it.
You will have to be around active duty military, veterans and military civilians all the time during your new career though.
The best part...the pay.
If you stay stateside you make anywhere between 80k-140k.
Deploy...for any amount of time (1 month to 1 year+) and you can double that....guaranteed.
(I just got back from overseas and made 20k for just a months work.)
Check out CACI, KBR, Blackwater(hard to get with tho), GDIT and Northrop Grumman to start...
They all have military contracts and more than likely need bodies for all types of jobs and taskings.
Good luck.
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