Much respect to any young person that wants to serve their country. I never did and now I think I should have. I was 18 back around 89, with the cold war over and it was really peacful, by the time desert storm came around I was 20 and making pretty good $ and had a bunch of friends in the armed forces that made it seem miserable over in the desert so I stayed away. Good luck to you, I think deciding what job you want to do is the most important thing when signing up. Have you done any college? if so you might want to talk about going in as an officer if you think you want to make it a long term career.

They just had on the news that they are sending in 50 marines to defend the embassy in haiti. Getting pretty bad down there!