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[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It should be pointed out that the vast majority of the military are in support career fields, not combat units. Also, the GI Bill absolutely makes it worth it.

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Yeah less than ten percent is combat trained and tasked and only a tenth of them (so 1% of the total) are combat veterans.

Most of the people you've thanked for their service probably worked at a job that civilians do everyday like fixing things or doing paperwork. Just in a uniform.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

My primary job was a logistics account, but that meant I had to inventory high value items at Forward Operating Bases in Iraq and Afghanistan and I drove in a few convoys, only once anything significant happened.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And the VA loan. That's how I got my house!

Plus all the intangible benefits of being 'prior service.' Certainly has been useful in my real career.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Generally speaking, a military career is the best means of advancement in social class for Americans. You'll easily move up the middle class and likely upper middle class or upper class depending on time served.

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Service Guarantees Citizenship

Would you like to know more?

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Problem is for people with fundamental incompatibility with the military, either disability or personality clash with authority

Even civilian work parallel to the military can be hard to access in those circumstances

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