Not to downplay or belittle her choice, but,,,,, she does realize she will likely go overseas to some 'hotspot' where the bad guys have guns and real bullets right?

I say this because a young girl my daughter graduated with joined.  I didn't think she was 'the type' and when she told me and I was surprised.  The conversation went something like this.

I joined the Army.

Really?

Yea, I'm gonna be MP.

Really? You gonna stay stateside then?

No, I'm going to Iraq.

You do realize there is a war going on there, right? (this was a few years ago)

Yea, but I'm an MP.

I explained to her that the 'bad guys' shoot Americans, doesn't matter, as long as you come from here.  The look on her face was that of a little puppy that just got whacked with the newspaper for misbehaving and has his head cocked and looks bewildered.  She really didn't realize that whe could be a target, and I'm sure the recruiter didn't go into those details.