Thread: Ask me about the Army...

Ok I've been thinking about joining the army for along time now, I got 2 questions:

1. I hear you can't do much if your colorblind (I would probably qualify as colorblind) and I was wondering if you can still specialise in computers if your colorblind I don't know if thats a stupid question but I went searching for army specialtys and like a bunch required color vision, you might not know this, but just in case you do.

2. Ok if you specialise in something in the army you still have to go out and be an infantry man don't you, or do you spend all your time on that specialty, like how often do you spend doing something you specialised in?

it must suck trying to get lds in the army you probably don't get much sleep.

Originally Posted by LucidDreamGod

Ok I've been thinking about joining the army for along time now, I got 2 questions:

1. I hear you can't do much if your colorblind (I would probably qualify as colorblind) and I was wondering if you can still specialise in computers if your colorblind I don't know if thats a stupid question but I went searching for army specialtys and like a bunch required color vision, you might not know this, but just in case you do.

2. Ok if you specialise in something in the army you still have to go out and be an infantry man don't you, or do you spend all your time on that specialty, like how often do you spend doing something you specialised in?

it must suck trying to get lds in the army you probably don't get much sleep.

Ok, every job in the army really is a specialization, just some specializations have fewer people than most.

Certain specialties go on patrol with the unit they are attached to, like medics. If mission dictates, they may do jobs the unit they are supporting would do in addition to thier own. Other Specialties, like commo, might spend the whole day fixing radios, and distributing communications equipment, and never leave the base.

As for being colorblind, If you hunt around with recruiters, I am pretty sure you can find one that will have few qualms letting you in due to you being colorblind. We have a man in my unit that reenlisted as a Sgt. He is 46, overweight, has been out of the army 20 years, and, when he has been stressed in the past he has had mild angina attacks.

As for not getting alot of sleep...all depends on where you are at. I myself will get as little as 4(rarely) and as much as (14) occasional, I would say I average a good 7-9 hours though.

The main obstacle with LDing is the community setting, the varying schedule, and the damn mortars. They normally are nowhere near us at all, but every now and then they get close...They are a bitch and a half if you are trying to WILD lol. Anyways, hope this helps, and take care.