robocall@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSchools in America apparently have their own army recruiterlemmy.worldimagemessage-square450fedilinkarrow-up11.99Karrow-down124
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minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoThis is hard to convey to people who didn’t serve but my job, even if I had deployed, was low risk. I worked in datacenters where I needed a jacket to stay warm year round. I wore the same pair of boots, issued to me in basic, my entire 4 years because I sat on my ass the majority of the time. They never needed replacing.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·10 months agoDid you know how low the risk was going to be when you signed up? Do you think most people sign up knowing that there will be little likelihood that they will die in a war?
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·10 months agoI did and I would expect most do because the jobs are public. I considered pararescue and the difference between that and what I did was clear before joining.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·10 months agoYes, most people that sign up for infantry want to do it
This is hard to convey to people who didn’t serve but my job, even if I had deployed, was low risk.
I worked in datacenters where I needed a jacket to stay warm year round.
I wore the same pair of boots, issued to me in basic, my entire 4 years because I sat on my ass the majority of the time. They never needed replacing.
Did you know how low the risk was going to be when you signed up? Do you think most people sign up knowing that there will be little likelihood that they will die in a war?
I did and I would expect most do because the jobs are public.
I considered pararescue and the difference between that and what I did was clear before joining.
Yes, most people that sign up for infantry want to do it