I am currently serving a 15/18 month deployment in Iraq in the Us Army Infantry. Now I don't know much about other services but I can tell you about mine. I have been in about 25 months now so I can't give you the full story some vets can. First off to get in the Army now adays all you have to do is show up and thats about it. To get in the infantry, well there really isnt any hardship to that, you can score as low as a 20 I think on the Asvab. Now as much as I bitch and moan about my job I don't think I would want to do much of anything else in the Army. First off you do alot of useless bullshit. I have cleaned everything from dishes to shitters here. You don't get to live at the big F.O.B's in Iraq (currnetly at a whole in wall JSS in the middle of an Iraqi Army base). You eat god awful MRE's. And the pay is terrible. Aside from that you get to see the world and kill these fucking Ja Shamadi (sp?) terrorist fucks. If you decide to get out after your commitement you can transfer your time in service to just about in Fed Govt Job. Question is do you have any College? If you have atleast a Bachelor check in to some Nat. Sec. Jobs. Such as Border Patrol, Secret Service, CIA, FBI, etc. these organizations currently are paying pretty damn well, and its pretty good job security. You can bet on coming overseas if you join the Army or Marine Corps at this point though, last I heard Gen. Patreaus (sp?) wants everyone Reserves, Nat. Guard, Active to atleast do one tour here. I have Squad Leaders that have been in the Army some 6 years and been here 3 and 4 times already. I was out of Basic and AIT about 6 months before I came. If you have any particular questions about the Army just let me know man I'll be glad to pass my knowledge on.