Any advices for military service?

[Grumble]

Some excellent advice from militaries around the world. I'll sum up and add my two-drachmae worth.
1- Stay in shape, if you're not in shape work on getting there
2- Attitude. YOUR attitude determines how great or how painful your next year and a half will be, not your NCOs or COs or your bros. Sounds like you're interested in tanks-then that's what you should do. Again the attitude thing-if you're doing something you WANT the pain becomes relative.
One thing the bros forgot to mention is the possibilty of travel and exercising with other country's militaries. I only point this out because of experiences I've had with German and Swedish conscripts who were deployed to the US. The general feeling was no way could they have afforded to do this on their own and they're being PAYED to be here. (Not unlike most US folks in Europe.)
Finally and I'll shut up, The "networking" is easily worth the time you put in. The friends you make and the simple fact you can put down "military service" on your resume/CV will substantially help you in the future whatever your chosen career will be. Dunno if Greece is like the US or Switzerland, but here with 70% of CEOs being retired military believe me you are going to be ahead of someone who didn't do his/her 18 months. Oh by the way sounds like a longtime but you'll be amazed how fast the time passes.
Good luck,
jim

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

learned only one truth in the time I was in the army.
sleep when you can and guard your dry socks better than your daughters virtue.
assume you will get in shit.
dont sweat it, bend like a reed or you will break.
and you will learn that you may get in the army but you never really leave.

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