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I'd like to learn a trade like fixing/working on heating/cooling systems while i'm there. i recently read an article that said recruiters may promise an education in the military but that most people don't really recieve it. for instance the article read that the military mostly hires civilian contractors for work requiring any education or only gives that sort of work to people already familiar with the field either through previous experience or training.

this is the website i read the article on - scroll down to the JOB TRAINING section. http://www.centeronconscience.org/girights/enlist.shtml

I was in nursing school for a while and hated nursing- according to this article that's maybe where the military would stick me though since that's where my previous education was.

I'd like solid unbiased answers from people that have been in the military and that would know please. Is education and job training in the military for real? or is the whole thing a ridiculous joke?