Hi there, thanks for your service. I'm surprised you (Hawkeye117) and your father are still awake, it's almost 0400 in Melbourne now! (Fellow Melbournian).
Right, so my question. For a while now, I've struggled to really find a true direction in life, I'm currently studying multimedia at Unviersity, but I don't see myself continuing along these lines in the future. I've been interested to a certain degree, about joining the police force or the military for a short time to get a different life experience and broaden my horizons, is this a bad reason to join the military? I ask mainly because I hope that most people join the military to protect our country and if I join to simply experience something new, maybe I won't be as much of a soldier when compared to them in some way.
Another thing to add is that I'm Asian. This seems an issue for me, as Australia isn't exactly great with the whole racial diversity thing from time to time. I honestly don't know what the military would be like with Asians, I've only heard of segregation in the police force, but that's through word of mouth and those mouths could easily be spouting lies. So the question is, do you think being a slim (My mental image of a soldier is bulky and strong), lean Asian would effect an experience in the army specifically? (I thought of the Air Force a while ago, most likely because of my exposure to the AAFC).
And a non-personal question on my part to finish it up, what do you think the next big conflict for Australia will be and how will it begin.
To sum it up so you can avoid reading my chunks of text:
1. Joining the military for 'experience' over 'protecting the country', would that change anything?
2. How would being a slim almost 20 year old Asian (Born here and raised) change how one is treated in the military (Army specifically).
3. What will be the next big conflict be that involves the Australians and how will it begin?
Bonus question: 4. You said you were in the reserves, did you happen to train at Surrey Hills base where the 401 AAFC SQN are based, with the Navy Cadets next door and the Army Cadets on the same base?
Sorry for the wall of text, again, thank you for your service.
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Hi there, thanks for your service. I'm surprised you (Hawkeye117) and your father are still awake, it's almost 0400 in Melbourne now! (Fellow Melbournian).
Right, so my question. For a while now, I've struggled to really find a true direction in life, I'm currently studying multimedia at Unviersity, but I don't see myself continuing along these lines in the future. I've been interested to a certain degree, about joining the police force or the military for a short time to get a different life experience and broaden my horizons, is this a bad reason to join the military? I ask mainly because I hope that most people join the military to protect our country and if I join to simply experience something new, maybe I won't be as much of a soldier when compared to them in some way.
Another thing to add is that I'm Asian. This seems an issue for me, as Australia isn't exactly great with the whole racial diversity thing from time to time. I honestly don't know what the military would be like with Asians, I've only heard of segregation in the police force, but that's through word of mouth and those mouths could easily be spouting lies. So the question is, do you think being a slim (My mental image of a soldier is bulky and strong), lean Asian would effect an experience in the army specifically? (I thought of the Air Force a while ago, most likely because of my exposure to the AAFC).
And a non-personal question on my part to finish it up, what do you think the next big conflict for Australia will be and how will it begin.
To sum it up so you can avoid reading my chunks of text: 1. Joining the military for 'experience' over 'protecting the country', would that change anything? 2. How would being a slim almost 20 year old Asian (Born here and raised) change how one is treated in the military (Army specifically). 3. What will be the next big conflict be that involves the Australians and how will it begin?
Bonus question: 4. You said you were in the reserves, did you happen to train at Surrey Hills base where the 401 AAFC SQN are based, with the Navy Cadets next door and the Army Cadets on the same base?
Sorry for the wall of text, again, thank you for your service.
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