What do you think of when someone mentions the military to you? Do the words
strength, training, endurance, job skills, and opportunities come to mind? All of these are
benefits a person receives after joining the military. Every eighteen year old person should
have to serve at least two years in a branch of the military.
First, the military does not pay soldiers very high salaries, but what they do receive
is money that can be pocketed. The military pays in more ways than just money. For
example, a soldier does not carry the burden of a house or rent payment. The military
provides apartments or houses on base for the soldiers to share. My cousin Kevin, who is
in the Air Force, lives on base with a friend of his in a nice house and pays no rent, no
payment, no nothing. Good food is also provided for those that live on base. There is a
cafeteria where soldiers can get meals free of charge. My cousin Jeff, who is in also in the
Air Force, is a very picky eater, but he eats the cafeteria food with no complaints. He
claims that it is some of the best food he has ever eaten and it is free. The military also
pays for a soldier to go to college. My brother Joey is going to college free of charge
while he is in the Army. He is studying to be a chemical engineer and the Army is paying
Next, some people could not handle the physical or emotional pressures that they
would be subjected to in the military. Many people would buckle after the first week of
basic training due to the intense daily routine followed and the drill sergeant constantly
screaming in their faces. Although the military is demanding physically and emotionally, it
is a wonderful tool to teach discipline. The military disciplines a soldier to be neat and
keep everything in order. For example, my brother Joey is in the Army. Every day, he is
required to make his bed a certain way that he was taught in basic t
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