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Surprised comments are so negative. I think it's a great thing to expand - the military can be an excellent career path, and this allows more people to take it
by silisili 7mo ago
Surprised comments are so negative. I think it's a great thing to expand - the military can be an excellent career path, and this allows more people to take it should they choose.
I know many 40 somethings in way better shape than most 20 somethings. And all things considered, if I were someday somehow sent off to war, I'd much rather be surrounded by the former assuming equivalent fitness.
- nemomarx 7mo agoI think the timing makes it harder to view this optimistically? although for voluntary enlistment I'm not personally concerned yeah.
- ryanmcbride 7mo agoYeah it sounds great if you make up positive scenarios in your head for sure
- gotwaz 7mo agoFarms need fit 40 year olds too.
- chii 7mo ago> Surprised comments are so negative it's because people cannot disassociate their own anti-war views with the benefits of a military career.
- soulofmischief 7mo agoAre you admonishing people for not being selfish and making decisions which benefit themselves even if it puts them in a position where they can't say no to wronging someone else?
- applfanboysbgon 7mo agoWhat does this even mean? "If you just ignore the fact that your job is murdering people for no reason, the benefits are great!" Why, exactly, should people "disassociate" that?
- silisili 7mo agoMore than 80% of the US Army are noncombat roles. Only the naive or uneducated associate someone in the US Army with killing people.
- applfanboysbgon 7mo agoAh yes, your job is simply to carry the ammo for the guys slaughtering schools full of children, so to speak. Squeaky clean conscience!
- aaronbrethorst 7mo agoTechnically those were precision guided munitions carried by Air Force bombers. So you can enlist in the army with a clear conscience.
- burnt-resistor 7mo agoYou're wrong. The girl's school was hit by multiple Tomahawks as video evidence shows. The US Navy is the only service capable of firing Tomahawks. The root cause is DoD intelligence folks failed to get recent surveillance on the girl's school near a former IRGC building before adding it to the target list. It was probably a target passed along from Mossad but no one in the US kill chain did any due-diligence that they're supposed to do. Furthermore, offensive weapons release by a drone or ship requires an officer to give the final order.
- chii 7mo agoYou are asking whether someone should not have picked the military career if it was the best fit for them, just because you are personally morally against what they do? That's why i dont confound the military with the political aparatus's directing of said power. Because the military isn't murdering people for no reason - they are following (in the case of the west) a elected official's policy (which you are very welcome to dislike and oppose, as i do as well).
- conductr 7mo ago
- crooked-v 7mo agoBecoming an E-1 at age 40 isn't a "career path", it's a last resort for somebody who for whatever reason can't make more than $30K/year with the skills they've gained over the last 25 years, and for whom having functioning knees is less important than needing the money.
- silisili 7mo agoSo they should just age out in poverty and die? Such people exist. To be clear, I'm 1000% against anything resembling a draft, but if an older person wants to, why stop them? A guy in my brother's medical doctor graduation class was 46 years old. Good thing nobody explained to him it was too late and he failed already. In all seriousness, I do agree about the functioning knees part. But as long as it's voluntary, I don't see the downside.
- simoncion 7mo ago> So they should just age out in poverty and die? You referred to joining the US military as an E-1 at the age of 42 as a career path. As an Army brat, I can tell you that it absolutely is not. At that age, it absolutely is a job of last resort.
- ncr100 7mo agoIt seems unhealthy for the sake of our military. I'm not privy to the decisions about how staffing 42-year-old As infantry men is militarily wise, however.
- loeg 7mo agoA career as a doctor has a lot more upside than an entry level grunt.
- analognoise 7mo ago> So they should just age out in poverty and die? I like how the options are "age out/die" or "be part of our disgusting military machine", no other options; people have no value unless they've already got money or can risk their blood. Surely we can think of SOME option better than either of those?
- koolala 7mo agomost career paths don't kill you for oil
- tdeck 7mo agoWhy not just join ICE? The acts you might have to commit there are probably less bad than what the military gets up to, and you don't get sent overseas?
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- pogue 7mo agoHow many 40 year olds are looking for a career path as an infantryman?
- senectus1 7mo agounemployment and rising inflation make for a convincing force. Gotta provide somehow.
- budman1 7mo agoain't nobody going 11B (infantry) at age 40. maybe aviation electronics, or supply, medical. marching with a pack and a gun ruins 20 year old knees. If you start at 40, then you will lack the rank to ride in the truck.
- energy123 7mo ago> Surprised comments are so negative. It's midnight in the US on a workday, what would be more American than non-Americans complaining about America on American social media?
- silisili 7mo ago[flagged]
- pamcake 7mo agoMany people look for purpose and impact in their careers. If one has impact in the military, what purpose is it serving under current administration and leadership? It's a hard sell from an ethical perspective. Jobs that feel purposeless is a common complaint but actively serving evil?
- tdeck 7mo agoI feel like there was a 14 word phrase that described the purpose, but I can't remember it right now...