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AWDstylez wrote:
Glad someone brought this up. Hell, the military is involved in illegal activity RIGHT NOW. Granted it's not in-country, but it's still illegal.
Care to give an example?
How many of you guys saying you took the oath and you wouldn't do that yada yada yada, are older gentlemen?
I don't know what you call an "older gentleman", but I'm 40.
The military has changed and so have the people that enlist.
Really? Please, do tell. I've been out for 3 years, tell me how it's changed in just 3 years time.
It's not the honorable thing to do anymore.
Is that so? Coming from someone who has demonstrated very little honor in the past, I wonder if you even know what that word means.
People back in the day joined to serve their country, to be patriotic, to defend freedom, it was an honorable military made up of honorable people.
Doesn't sound too different from today.
This should be good. Please enlighten us.
College money, too lazy for school, get away from home, nothing better to do, easy money, all their friends are doing it, etc
College money: Well yes, you can get in on the GI Bill. It's a great deal. Many people have earned their degrees this way. Some even go on to earn their commissions and become officers.
too lazy for school: Funny that the same people who are "too lazy for school" are in the military earning money for college. Believe me, there are far easier jobs than military service, and most pay better. More than half of the jobs, including my current one, have been easier than my time in the service, and I was in the Air Force, not one of the "hard" branches.
get away from home: The reason most of us move out on our own instead of living in Mom's basement forever.
This includes "getting away" to third world countries with little or no comforts of home, to defend the rights ofothers, some ofwhom do not appreciate that the only reason that they can go about their shallow lives is because someone else is protecting them from the bad guys. But that's OK, it's still worth it, and more.
nothing better to do: I would have to agree that there are few better things to do than serve your country and fellow man. Defending those at home is truly an honorable profession. Even today I work for a civilian contractor at a Navy base, maintaining aircraft for those that train the pilots how to fight.
all their friends are doing it: This is one of the stupidest things that I have ever heard.This would be why kids get a certain haircut, go to aconcert, or wear certain clothes, not why they choose to enter a career field where they may have to sacrifice their lives.
How many people graduate high school every year? How many enlist in the armed forces? It is hardly true that "all their friends are doing it".
The people that comprise the military are not what they were.
And just how many of these people have you personally met and gotten to know?
No one disagrees herethat the general population has been dumbed down to the point of near uselessness. Well, guess were people enlist from? The general population.
I would suppose that you too, are a member of "the near useless,dumbed down, general population", or are you special in some way that make you superior?
Again, the military of 30 years ago is not the military of today.
You're right, today's military has the highest level of education in history. The people that enlist today are often among the cream of the crop.
If you knew even half as much about the military as you seem to think that you do, you would know that the military often turns people away because they don't have to take just anyone.
Very few jobs in the military will accept you without a High School Diploma.Many won't even accept a GED. The days of going to the military to avoid jail are long gone. Even some minor offenses can disqualify you today.
If you have served in the armed forces, let me know, otherwise you may want to actually do some research and have some idea what you're talking about before you post such irresponsible and stupid remarks.
But then again, it just wouldn't be you if you did that.