which military branch is for me? i love mma, put that into consideration.?

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Eurijuh

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1. i dont want to die 2. i wanna learn mma while im in the thing im in. 3. I would like to stay in the united states. 4. i got a 47 on the ASVAB 5. i got a marine recruiter breathing down my neck as well as a army guy. 6. i want some good benefits. please answer this mostly based on number 2, i want to be a cage fighter, and im looking for a branch that has like tap out competitions, thanx!
 
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barbamatt

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What is MMA? Is that Martial Arts?

If that is what you mean by MMA, then there is no specific job for MMA.

You may or may not stay in the United States if you join any branch of the military. I spent a lot of years overseas...and loved it. It was a little scary at first, but I learned to love it. Japan is a cool place to go.

All the pay and benefits are about the same no matter what. A private in the Army and a private in the Marines gets paid the same.

Nobody wants to die unless they are crazy. If you don't want to go to war or go overseas get another job. It is like a fire fighter who doesn't want to go in a burning building. Military is for war fighting, and defense of our country. You may not be on the front lines, but you job will somehow support the war fighter...that is what the Marines and Army does.

I was Navy. You could join the Navy and be on a ship of the coast of a war zone. But it can be dangerous too. I didn't have to go to Iraq while I was in...I went to Guam.

You don't always pick where you get orders, in fact most of the time you have very little choice.

I don't know anything about cage fighting. I don't even know if there are competitions among the military...you would have to check. It sounds like something that you would have to do on your off duty time, if you are allowed to do something like that. You would likely need permission to fight because of the danger of getting hurt. I know that there are boxers and other compete fights as sports...but I haven't ever seen any military competitions. (I haven't been everywhere either...but if it exists at all you would have to look it up.)
 
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JeffColes

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lol yeah they should have mma. my dad was in the marines in the 80s and they had a boxing team. but look on youtube for army mma.
 
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Peter

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why don't you just learn a martial art, or take an MMA class? It seems to me that your focus is martial arts and cagefighting, so why would you go to the army? In any case, if you don't want to die, do something like radar operator or supply administrator...because if they're teaching you MMA, they expect you to use it, no?
 
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michael

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I would guess the marines would be best. They're much more into macho stuff. If you're on a base with a mix of marines and soldiers and you see a group of guys built like MMA fighters, they usually turn out to be marines rather than soldiers. I'm not sure if they do MMA type stuff, but it wouldn't surprise me. Keep in mind that joining the marines might not fit with your first consideration. Although you might be able to choose a safer job.
 
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