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I'm kinda torn on this. On one hand it's super interesting, on the other it's state-sponsored army propaganda series, luring in young Americans, painting everyo
by rplnt 4y ago
I'm kinda torn on this. On one hand it's super interesting, on the other it's state-sponsored army propaganda series, luring in young Americans, painting everyone in service as a hero.
- formerly_proven 4y agoOh no, a clearly labelled piece of entertaining advertisement, how awful. Also... even these show how difficult life on a submarine is (and the ultra-wide angle used most of the time shows how extremely claustrophobic everything is). Not exactly appealing. It takes some very special people to do this kind of job, and I doubt a lot of people are cut out for it...
- thescriptkiddie 4y agoYou underestimate how big a role the "cool factor" plays in recruitment. Note how propaganda always focuses on jets and tanks and submarines and aircraft carriers and futuristic gadgets, and when they do feature an soldier it's always a badass tier-one operator who gets to flaunt the uniform code. Seventeen-year-olds don't get so excited about the prospect of burning literal shit in a hole behind some godforsaken checkpoint in Afghanistan until one day an IED takes their leg off.
- bityard 4y agoI was in a different branch but I feel like the series was probably a remarkably balanced portrayal of Navy/submarine life. There's a lot of cool stuff to talk about but clearly it's a demanding job and most of those sailors looked worn right out.