To clear up all the questions out there (honestly i was excepting this many responses) I was raised a JW. At the age of 17 one of my friends was treated very unfairly by the body of elders. She never talked about it but something happend between her and a Elder. She disapeared shortly after I havnt seen her since. After that I gradually started to rebel more, I stopped Aux pioneering, I quit my job and got a job I wanted (full-time). I sold my honda civic and I purchased a Honda 900rr sport bike. My congregation started to alienate me. I began to miss meetings on a regular basis. I lost my respect for elders, my parents, and myself. So I talked to a Navy Recruiter one day and his silver tounge (lol) made his lifestyle sound nice. So I joined up. I signed up for the avionics program and flunked out. So i was a non-rate(anyone without a job ranking) for a year. I then signed up for a RN course onboard my ship.(Mainly because there were some beautiful women taking that class) hey what can I say I was underway for a year gimme a break. So anyway I got really intrested IN THE CLASS and my teacher suggested for me to try out for the Corps. So I did........1 year later Im sticking a cotarizing rod in a marine while his blood squirts in my face and Im thinking Jehovah hates me. I never was DFed and I never went back to meetings. I m out of the Navy now. Some people say wow you are strong but really guys Im kind of a coward I never faced a Judicial commitee like most of you and my family just thinks I vanished for six years and worked abroad. And the young girl that went missing that I never stuck up for....hmmm I aint gonna lie I still do a search on the net for her every now and then...hope your well Sara.