I Am Wasting My Life In The Army!

While I can certainly empathize with your complaints, I'd encourage you to finish your initial commitment on the best of terms. "Go out with a bang" as they say. I know it seems useless, but meet the PT standard for yourself so at a minimum your c-o-c will have no ammunition to ride you. The last thing you want to do is make yourself an easy target, which will only intensify any negative feelings you're already experiencing. As the last poster replied, there are an abundance of subpar "leaders" who wouldn't make it in any other system--and you're right not to aspire to become what they are, but don't allow that to discourage you from achieving your personal goals. Use the experience for what you can and go on to bigger and better things. I know of others who have succeeded in their quest to leave the military via administrative separation--one for being overweight and the other for a pattern of misconduct. I know you say you're willing to sacrifice your benefits but for your sake, please don't. It'd be a real shame that you've devoted this much time only to be separated with a General characterization of service therefore rendering you ineligible for taking advantage of the G.I. Bill. If you have 12 months or less, I'd say start (or continue) preparing yourself for what it is you know you want to do back in the private sector. Chalk it up to life experience and don't look back. I wish you the best of luck and do continue to keep in touch with those who care about you, it'll make your time a little less difficult to cope with.

It sounds to me like you either didn't research the army before enlisting or you had the wrong expectations for joining. It isn't summer camp where you can do as you please and get a free ride at the government's expense for college, the job you couldn't get, and the prestige of being a Soldier. You kids are so spoiled.

Be lucky you weren't in when I served. We didn't have computers, cell phones, internet, camcorders, or any of the niceties you guys have now. We couldn't send emails/video messages from overseas, or post reproachful online messages in forums/blogs about our employer when we felt like venting. You guys have it a lot easier than we did.

You're lucky you got in. A lot of guys/ladies with more maturity and respect for the military would like to trade places with you. I'm sure they would appreciate having a job in these miserable times. Yes there are bad units and superiors. I was in a few myself, but I dealt with it.

" if you dont want to be int he you should be able to get out. the army keeps trying to better its self and is trying to cut down numbers they why not just ask us who wants to get out? that way they get get rid of us and keep all the soldiers who love the army and then the army will be even greater."

God forbid the army has the most logical initiative to ask who wants to get out. there is no sense. no logic. no organization and i feel you on the "wanna get out" part.

Most of you didn't have anything going for you so you joined the Army for "college" and you know bloody well your never going to get in because you applied yourself in school about as much as you applied yourself in the Army. Are you f_ck_ng retarded? Most of us? DS,,,you are a waste of *****

What I find hilarious to your post and that of the people that responded to this is your sense of self entitlement. The Army is not here for you, you are here for the Army. Most of you didn't have anything going for you so you joined the Army for "college" and you know bloody well your never going to get in because you applied yourself in school about as much as you applied yourself in the Army. You want out, leave. Just leave, when the police catch you, you will come back, get court marshaled and sent away. BYE! No more listening to you whine and cry about the decisions you did or did not make. Deal with it.

Hey, if you can find a solid way the hell out, let me know.

It is now 6 months later and I would like to ask what happened to you, were you able to get out?

I hate that the Army because is an institution where there is no common sense and reason to exist, is a ******* institution where the real knowledge have no value and the important thing is how many useless people you kiss in the *** get something.

The stupid officers who believe they are the owners of the world and useless NCOs who only have learned a stupid book to get to move up.

Who the hell cares about the NCO creed, which does not serve you anything when you go to a job interview, you know the real world. We learn things that we never use again in our life and the waste of time and money on this place is huge.

I count the days to leave this place that really disappoint me; I thought it would be a different place. And those retards that told me “you know the Army is not for everyone” yes you are so damn right, the army is just for the frustrated people who find themselves without chances outside or for those who never learned nothing about how to be a real professional.

I have two Masters and apparently does not matter, because when you wish to apply for OCS, they come with the stupidity that you're too old or do not meet the requirements ... seriously ... tell me how many officers here have two masters, the only thing they study is meaningless as a career…. military history or general courses ... what is that?... I hate this institution for what it represents and useless amount of hours waste without learning or do anything productive.

I certainly agree with your sentiment, I respect the Army as an organization, the good people that can be found in the ranks, as well as the ultimate sacrifice paid by those who have fallen. However, the majority of those found in the Army would never make it outside of the Army system. As an NCO, I can safely say that many of the NCOs I encounter stumbled through the promotion board, and relied solely on multiple guess correspondance courses and PT in order to "earn" their stripes.



They make useless leaders but are often the ones that get parading in front of the formation as the supreme example of leadership.