Problems with Army Recruiter and Parents?

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skatepunkzero

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Ok Im 17, just done with my Junior year of high school, I don't play sports,not in to school related things, but have been in Civil Air Patrol(a cadet program outside of school) for 3 years now, I play airsoft(the reenacting kind not the low grader kind), and Ive always want to be a paratrooper in the army since I saw Band of Brothers when I was 13. Ive been trying to do the DEP program for the army, for the last week(not in yet), ive taken an Asvab scored a 74 on it. I looked at jobs Im qualified for and I want 11b, but my parents don't want me being an 11b they want me behind a desk somewhere, and my recruiter starts saying how I probably can't handle 11b because I don't play sports, and how he doesn't want to make someone else Infantry because he's lost recruits in the past. He convinced my parents not to let me be an 11b and told me if I want to be 11b I should get a different recruiter, I want to get a different recruiter now but my parents say no and will ground me if I do(remember still 17). What should I do, I may not have much arm muscle but I have leg muscle from skateboarding,CAP, and airsoft reenacting(we do long Marches like the real military).
I also brought up the fact of Audie Murphy was skinny and didn't play sports and was the best solider of all time. But my recruiter and parents said training wasn't hard then and it was easy.
 
That suckss. You should be able to join the army if you want to serve. If your parents let you sign up now you would be able to get into airborne school earlier.
 
First off, when you think "I may not have enough muscle" then that means, FOR SURE, that you're not ready for anything close to 11b. Sorry to say this but you can't do anything about your parents BECAUSE without them, you'd have to wait 'til you're 18. Now, if you can't wait that long I suggest you listen to your parents. If you CAN wait that long, wait 'til your 18th birthday, THEN go to your recruiter ASAP and sign up for 11b. start lifting weights, running 3 miles, do pushups/situps, pullups, a lot of endurance training and EAT RIGHT. email me if you want more info on these things =]
 
Parents are always going to be an obstacle, but that is only because they are looking out for you and don't want you making a rash decision that you'll regret. 11 Bang Bang may sound like a fun MOS, but your scores are high enough that you can be of more use to the army using your head than pulling a trigger. Look at all your options. If there is something in the civilian world you want to do when you get out, see if the Army has an equivalent job. Look at other branches even. Shop around. Theres more cool stuff to the army than being a Combat Infantryman, and infantry aren't the only ones who get to go to jump school. There are also a lot of other "high demand" jobs that you can get bonuses for signing on as. Remember you can always reenlist and reclass your MOS as infantry later.

One venue that would probably make your parents happier (the route I went) would be to go National Guard and sign on with the college first option. what this means is you go to your basic and advanced training, get that out of the way, then get pretty much paid to go to college for 4 years by serving one weekend a month. Once those four years are up, you are 2/3 of the way through your first term of enlistment, and in 2 years you can sign back on as 11B or whatever floats your boat. (have you considered College ROTC or OCS? You're parents might be happier with you as a 2nd LT than a PV1.)

If you have any questions in that area, feel free to email me about it.

As one MILSIM airsofter to another, I wish you the best of luck.
 
well you gota tell your parents hey its me who has to live with this choice



or do what i did find a mos that my parents thought i relay wanted to do they signd my papers i went to meps and chose a completely different mos came home told them and they were mad but said i would have to pay for my mistake this time so its up to you how bad do you want it
 
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