Just wanting weigh ins here...

Ender`s right.

Last thing you want to do is be like yo, put me on the frontlines

As a current soldier who joined after getting my engineering degree... If we`re talking about the US military, go ahead and enlist, but enlist for a job that will give you a real skill, and if possible enlist for only 3-4 years. You can always re-enlist if you like the military (and you`ll get a better bonus for a re-enlist than you will for initial), and if after a term you decide that the military isn`t really how you wanna spend the next 20 years, then you can get out with a new skill, and the GI bill will pay for your college tuition, housing, and textbooks for a bachelors. I personally have decided that I won`t be re-enlisting, but in my time in I`ve become fluent in Arabic, and have learned plenty of other skills that will stay relevant outside of the military.

I would suggest going to the NAVY as 95% of their jobs are combat support unless you choose Master at Arms, Seals, Intelligence or explosive ordnance the likely hood you will have to shoot someone is almost zero. On a ship of over 800 people only the XO and the Petty Officer of the watch were allowed to be armed.

There`s jobs in certain branches (navy, Air Force) where your chances of being in any real danger are pretty low. And if you`re trying to join on the preconception that you want to go out and shoot guns at people across the world to preserve our freedom I would suggest pulling head out of arse.

But there`s desk jobs aplenty, just don`t let the recruiter bully you into something you will regret if you decide to go that route.

And i could use some help with the food situation in RT :P ...

Well to be honest, its your life and probably your call, and you are answerable to your choices.
That being said, knowing that you are the only child, you might have to take into consideration your mother`s advises and suggestions.
Ultimately you have to pursue your goals and dreams and do something you are passionate about.. But you don`t have be in the military to do so.. There are plenty of ways to fight for freedom and stuff. You have to weigh the pros and cons of joining military, seek advises from people who are in military as well as those that left. So you get a rough idea of what to expect if you were to join.. Getting first hand experience would be much more useful than the information you obtain from TV and movies where things could be exaggerated.

If i am you, i would work hard in school. Get good grades, have more choices when you graduate. Maybe by then your mentality would change, and in all honesty, there is only so much you can do in the front line. I am not down playing the contributions of people in military, but i guess the world needs more innovators/ entrepreneurs that do things for the greater good of the world. Consider building a career or business fighting for the freedom of lesser privileged people, animals. Creating ideas or products that changes life.. Probably you will get more sense of achievement and satisfaction doing these.

I don`t know if i make sense, but would be my advice.

Cheers.