A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln this month in what his wife described as a suicide attempt is now facing disciplinary action from the Navy, according to his wife and charging documents reviewed by MS NOW.
A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln this month in what his wife described as a suicide attempt is now facing disciplinary action from the Navy, according to his wife and charging documents reviewed by MS NOW.
I don’t know why so many go into the army when so many wars where pointless and solved nothing or made things worse. They don’t serve the country, they serve the billionaires.
Its often called the poverty draft. Its basically the only way to get access to socialised medicine (VA benefits), housing (VA subsidized loans), and education (GI bill).
yup. military folk live in a scocialized us that the rest of us don’t.
You can only get people to sacrifice themselves for the military if you withhold the things required to live.
Poverty
Drive through bumfuck, nowhere in the US. You’ll find a town of about 5-10k population, an hours drive from civilization, and it will be full of dilapidated ruins of houses.
Every road in/out of town will have a billboard telling you to join the marines.
And not to have an abortion.
There is always a third billboard to tell you gawd has the answers and to go to church.
Y’all described playing geo guessr in USA only mode.
Alternate billboards accepted are:
Payday loans
No money down w12/yr financing auto loans
And either a giant Jesus sign or a giant cross somewhere
Propaganda and desperation. We would literally need an anti-recruitment campaign to discourage people from signing up in high schools everywhere but the alternatives aren’t exactly appealing.
Imagine spreading propaganda. A lot of influencers are sponsored by the military and they find new ways to hire new people. And with all those personnel and money they still lose wars. A lot of that money should have been spent for healthcare and education.
Watching the excitement over the recent Top Gun sequel made me sick, there’s no need to glorify our ongoing terror campaigns like that.
Free health care, education, and a leased commaro.
C’mon now, sometimes it’s a 21% APR loan Camaro!
Armies in different countries do different things.
In Canada, I entered the army as it’s how poor kids get a college education. End-of.
Our army isn’t the same as the seppo grunts, as we are an armed force and that’s an idea drilled into us regularly. We’re solders second, an armed force first.
Take away the guns and there’s still a lotta value in a bunch of people trained in coordinating and communicating, who know CPR and how to work a radio, who can work as a unit, even if it’s not doing shooty-pow-pow. And ammo’s pricy anyway.
Because in the US the military is a good way to get out of poverty. It gives you all the “socialist” stuff you get for free in other countries. You know, free education, health insurance, pensions and disability benefits. It also pays relatively well for someone that has no other skills and qualifications.
Its zero entry bar, mostly comfortable, well paying job.
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