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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
If this were 2003, I'd tell you to join the Army because we did a lot of cool sh*t. It's not like that anymore in any branch regarding Sysadmin type IT. My best friend is in the military now and it has gone from 25 Bravos configuring entire networks and setting them up to support thousands of users to 25 Bravos requesting tickets from civilian contractors and military overlord style IT echelons. The hands-on that was, is no longer. At best, you might be able to fool a civvie on your resume', but for a mandatory 6 years wasting your life thinking you were going to be doing real Sysadmin stuff, the only thing you'll get these days is a free education and none of the experience.
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This is true.
When I joined in 08, the Army was still heavily reliant on Soldier-run equipment. We got the stuff, we hooked it up, we configured it.
Nowadays, it has drifted to a civilian run overlordship.
It's a lot more difficult nowadays to find yourself in a spot in which you'll be working as a systems administrator. Then again, I'm not a 25B but I've worked with many. They just know a little bit more, but don't get the chance to expand on that knowledge depending on where they are in the world.
This doesn't mean that you will not get experience if you join the military, it just means you won't get as in depth into it nowadays like you would have years ago.
The military is still a great option, but it will be highly dependent on your attitude and your willingness to learn things outside of what the military crams down your throat.
The good thing about the army for me, is it got me interested in aspects of I.T. and telecommunications that I never knew about before.
The army paid for my Security Plus cert, gave me a clearance, and if and when I decide to get out, I can get paid to go to college.