Originally Posted by JonLaw
You don't really get to vote on where you go when you enlist, so if you want to use enlistment as a leadership-development tool, you need to do it during a period like the one between the first Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq.

You can vote not to serve in the foxholes by enlisting in the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard.

And I can't speak for the other forces on how much control you can exercise once you're enlisted, but I can say I didn't end up in Hawaii on accident.