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Yeah even the normal recruitment process for some positions can be slow af even for normal citizens compared to civilian jobs.
It's one of the single biggest, if not the biggest, impediments to military recruitment right now. Someone really has to get it through to the people running the recruitment process that applicants can't just sit around for six months waiting to find out if they have a job. That ain't how shit works.
When I tried just a couple years ago it was 6 or 7 months before I got a follow up. It's also not intended for people with children, at all. They told me it would be at least 1 year of mandatory barracks living with multiple locations during that time, some for as short as 3 months.
Ultimately I decided against because I have young children and I didn't want to miss that much time, knowing I'd be physically and mentally drained on weekends which would possibly be the only time I might be able to see them.
Happy I didn't pursue it further because I landed the career change I was seeking in the private sector instead with a much higher starting wage and I'm home after work every day.