Iz Man wrote: When you voluntarily sign up you shouldn't have to go anywhere because it's a "fairly safe time"?
Voluntarily signing for 8 yrs is not quite right.
Recruiters pressure you and pressure you to sign on, assuring you that everything will be okay, promising you huge bonuses and compensation that never is as great as they made you feel it would be. Many miltary policies are screwed up. Also, I've always avoided miltary recruiters in the past, when they walk up to me and inform me they are recruiters, I cease talking to them. They are like tax collectors in Bible Times, nobody should like them. j/k Jesus loves everyone and so should we