State Guard

[GinnyLyn]

I've been having trouble figuring out what I want to do with my life. Sure, I'm an artist, but...college is dragging and whatnot. Then my manager Josh came to talk to me.

He told me about the [url=www.servetexas.com]Texas State Guard[/url] (I'm sure there is one for each state), and spoke about how they get together, I think it's, one weekend every month, and training itself is once every three months. Josh, another manager Greg, and a few other people from work (including a female named Scooter) are either joining up or already joined. It's mostly volunteer work and they say if you stick with the Guard a year, your schooling will be paid for through your Masters, if you want.

Has anyone heard of this before? Anyone actually join? I'm very interested in joining (the paid tuition sounds good too, lol), but I wonder if my physique will be good enough? I've been trying to ask the people at work questions, but I've only see Josh and Greg recently--Josh isn't too good at answering questions ("Just come in and see us at training") and Greg keeps dodging the questions for some reason. :-\

[Vegitto4]

Being a Texan myself, this idea intrigues me. However, I must say, that the Marines hold a better choice for me. Like Samuel L. Jackson said in SWAT, " ...and SWAT's a calling...."

I've always been called to the Marines......even if we are kinda dumb.....

[Baron Samedi]

I live in Australia, so the best chance i would have for something like that is the SAS. Would be fun, but hard work, and dangerous, so think twice, hell, think thrice before attempting it. It may be volunteer, but what if you got called up for some reason? Just think carefully about it.

[LostProphet]

[color=blue][font=arial]I'm personally on Delayed Enlistment for the Air Force. The guard is good, especially if you want to stay in your area. If you don't, or if you want to get 'called up' Reserves is the way to go. [/color][/font]