Your friend is unemployed. He/ She is thinking of joining the military and Has asked you for some information and ad vice. Write him/her a letter about the good and bad points of being in the military. Also, say why you think your friend makes/doesn’t make a good candidate.

Dear Mark,

Thank you for your last letter. It was very interesting to hear that you want join to the army.

You asked me about good and bad points of being in the military. I decided to start from a good points. Firstly , you got a flat from the army, where you can bring your family. Secondly, salary in army is quiet good. It is enough for me and my family. The greatest good point of being military is prestige of being soldier. People know that job of the soldier is hard and danger son they respect you and your profession.

Unfortunately, not everything is good. I spend a lot of time on field exercises. Sometimes it’s very tired. Before I got any profits like flat and good salary, I had to train hard as a recruit during basic training. The worst thing in my opinion is to being send to Afghanistan. There is war now and you could be killed there.

In my opinion you will be a good soldier because you are self-disciplined. It is help in military job. My advice is to never give up during basic training. It help you getting better scores at the end of training. With better scores you will get better deployment in unit.

That’s all my advices. Write back soon, and tell me all your news.

Yours,

Michał