US Army reviews

What is it like being in the Army? Oh I'm glad you asked. Imagine being told your group of people have to eat this large pot of chicken broth in an hour. Too easy right? And everyone is handed a knife, a spoon, and a fork. And it's just chicken broth. So your First Sergeant is so excited he grabs the fork and starts eating. Then tells everyone else to do the same. But you, only being a private but having had experience eating broth before are like, "hey we should use the spoons," but everyone else is like, "well First Sergeant said use the fork." "But the spoon makes more sense. Like that's exactly what it was made for." And everyone continues to use the fork. And when it's not working fast enough, someone suggests you use a mallet. And you just look at the group, then at the spoon, then back at the group, the spoon, then you cry as you count down days until your contract ends. That is the Army.

The Army is the most inefficient machine that somehow keeps moving forward. Multiple points of failure on a daily and weekly basis is easily the norm. Expect 40% of any tasks to be done in a highly inefficient and backwards manner. Simple administrative paperwork that should take a day, takes between 2-6 weeks for leaderships signature. Being constantly pulled in countless directions at the same time for both Intel mission and soldier tasks means whatever does get accomplished is poorly accomplished. I spent 3 years developing Intel products that nobody even looked at, it was all check-the-box type of work. Good luck if you submit a trouble ticket for a small-medium issue; maybe it'll be fixed in 5 months. You realize how much money the government wastes for little return on its investment. If, after this small snapshot of cons, you still love the Army; you either have nothing else going for you career-wise or you are truly a special type of hero.