Without a war going on, the money is definately worth it. With war, it's most certainly not worth it. I almost went into the navy. Good pay and I'd be sitting on a boat playing pack man while some grunt marine was checking for landmines or something. I told the recruiter I wanted a year off to 'train' before joining. Even though I allready passed the phys-ed test (If you can tie your shoe you're pretty much up to par for the navy). I ened up finding a local job, settled down and got married so no navy for me. I do have a few friends in the service. One is a guard in the Army, the other is a tech in the air force. I've yet to meet anyone other than a marine who actually thinks we should be in Iraq. Everyone I've talked to says it's a piss hole.