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I am a recently married male with one step child and twins on the way.  I am eager to join the military.  I am not eligible for the airforce or the navy due to criminal and familial circumstances.  The army is my present and available option and I want to choose a job that is least likely to be deployed to irag.  I simply wish to be with my family if possible.  Do you have any advice?  I was told by my recruiter that chaplains assistant, paralegal and accountants are least likely to be deployed.  Is there any truth to this?  

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Derek:

 REalistically, ALL jobs have the potential to be deployed to Iraq.  Expect this going in.  My advice is to go and get it over with, then you can take advantage of the benefits that are offerred.  

 In the end, you have to do what is right for you, and will allow you to look at yourself in the mirror.  Are you going to be able to look your kids in the eye 10-15 years from now and say you were "in", but didn't go?  

 Not everyone 'overthere' is a rifle toter with their *ss in the grass;  the logistical tail (beans, bullets, bandaids, admin, etc) is far longer than the gunfighters.  

 Again, if you enlist, enlist with the idea that it's just a matter of "when", not "if".

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Questions relating to US Marine Corps; rank, awards, uniforms, career choices. I can also help people spot and expose fakes (people pretending to be Marines or have awards they didn`t earn). Considering the Marines as a career? Or another branch, like the Air National Guard? Drop me a line. HOWever..know that I am NOT a recruiter. I can offer my expert opinion and advice, but can't (and won't) over rule what a recruiter says, they are the 'on duty' expert.

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Infantry Rifleman, MOS 0311: 3 years. Marine Barracks Security (Marine Barracks, Annapolis, Maryland(not Embassy Duty): 3 years. Parachutist: MOS 9962: Got my wings in August of 1984. Intelligence Specialist: MOS 0231 10 years working as an Intelligence Analyst with a Fixed Wing Fighter Squadron, Force Service Support Group, and at Headquarters, Marine Corps. Field Radio Operator: MOS 2531. Served as a Platoon Sergeant in a Communications Platoon assigned to MEU Service Support Group 24 (Special Operations Capable). Did a hitch in the Army reserves as an 11B (Infantryman), 3 years. Finished out my career in the Air National Guard as a BioEnvironmental Engineer MOS 4B3X1, did that for a few years. I"ve been collecting and selling Marine Corps and other military uniforms, medals, and field gear since I was 8 years old.

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