Open Question: I want to join the army, but my family is giving me a hard time?

4 July 2008, 1:17 pm

I got accepted into George Washington University in Washington D.C. next fall, and I do want to go. I also want to join the army. My family is threatening to disown me if I join. I've told them I just won't join infantry, so I won't be sent to Iraq. They are scared I'm going to be sent there and be killed. I'm a girl and so there also scared I'm going to get raped or the male soliders won't respect me. I'm 18 years old and I don't need their crap. I want to serve me country and I want to be able to go to college without owing thousand of dollars in debt after I go. I want to go to medical schools, which will be to expensive for me to handle alone. I like the disipline that the army offers. How do I get my family off my back and make them let me live my own life? I know that I'm 18 and I can what I want, but I really don't want to cause a rift between me and my family. I care deeply about them and what they think of me.... read more

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