What to Expect in the Military : A Practical Guide for Young People, Parents, and Counselors

Author: P. J. Budahn
List Price: $43.95
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ISBN: 0313310033
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group (30 September, 2000)
Sales Rank: 682,105
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
If You Don't Know What Today's Military Is Like --
-- this book was very helpful in walking us through the enlistment process, explaining benefits and offering solid advice. A jewel for any parent with children thinking about going into the military for a few years.


Rating: 4 out of 5
Too Late for Me, but not for Others
If I'd had this book in high school, or even earlier, I might have gone ahead with my plans to enlist. This book makes clear all the hype and outright foolishness portrayed in Hollywood about boot camp and military life. In fairness, having not been in the military, I could be wrong: maybe this book is totally misleading. If so, the author did a good job hiding it, because everything said rang true. This should be in every high school guidance counsellor's office, every career office, every library. It just makes plain sense out of all the strange goings-on of our military. All those ranks and jobs and money and training and on and on: it's all covered here, and NOT in so much detail as to turn anyone away from service: it is not an overwhelming read, it's balanced just right. Very nice work.

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