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I'm sure that's true for many in the services, but there's a darker side as well... reports of "hazing" etc surface with worrying regularity, suggesting not eve

by jfk13 7y ago

I'm sure that's true for many in the services, but there's a darker side as well... reports of "hazing" etc surface with worrying regularity, suggesting not everyone has the same positive experience.

2OEH8eoCRo0 7y ago
I've experienced mild hazing and I still wouldn't trade my military service for anything. I don't condone hazing but except for egregious examples people shrug it off and move on. No, not everyone has the same positive experience of anything, but the hazing issue is smaller than you'd think. I'm ready for you to not understand this, civilians usually do not.
- cambalache 7y ago
  > I'm ready for you to not understand this, civilians usually do not. Mmmmm.
- torgian 7y ago
  Yeah during my eight years, hazing was mostly phased out by then. Some traditions still exist, but they’re quite heavily controlled. Either way, some things do happen occasionally, and this is something most people shrug off. That’s the other problem as well though; civilians will never, truly understand the feeling we have from the military lifestyle. It’s why a lot of veterans gravitate towards eachother.
  - lotsofpulp 7y ago
    >That’s the other problem as well though; civilians will never, truly understand the feeling we have from the military lifestyle. It’s why a lot of veterans gravitate towards eachother. This is exactly what I hear from people in cults.
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  >I'm ready for you to not understand this, civilians usually do not. This is also what I hear from people in cults.