What are the benefit of joining a branch of the military when your a mother?

What do you get out of it?


Which branch would your recommend? I don't want to go to Iraq or anything like that.|||If u don't want to go to Iraq, u don't want to go to the military.





Reality is, EVERY branch is going to do some time overseas (Iraq, Africa, Afghanistan, etc.).








The benefits of joining are nice pay and medical. You meet some great people, but some days are extremely long and you don't have as much time with your children as you would probably like.|||You don't get any benefits out of it. You don't get to choose where you go. They tell you to go someplace, and you go there. You are THEIR property...or the property of the US government.





I would not recommend any branch. The reality of it is that they most likely will not even look at you because you are a mother. You did not say if you had a significant other, but if you do choose to try to get in the military, you will need to have another person be totally responsible for your child and be willing to take over guardianship of your child in the event you die while in the service.





EDIT: You don't get the pay that a person on the civilian side would get. You barely get enough to live on.