• Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    You know what? Having a large number of trained military personnel (including the fucking marines) be victimised and removed from service by the US government might be a good thing in the long run.

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      12 hours ago

      It might, but correct me if I’m wrong here (not a USer) but isn’t the military/GI bill a huge tool for social mobility in the US?

        • HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          It feels ignorant when I see people blanket bash service members like this. Military members in the US are primarily poor, desperate kids with no social safety nets who are just looking for a stable way to get their life together. You can lurk around military forums, chatrooms, tiktok pages, YouTube channels or wherever and see that service members almost unanimously HATE the military itself. There’s the saying: “Love the clowns, hate the circus”.

          Most cops are pussies who would never enlist in the military. More often veterans actually become some type of civilian DoD employee. Working inventory at a CIF, or being a counter clerk at the VA.

          If they worked in a certain field while they were in, they can usually go right back to that field once they leave the military. Army S6 guys usually go work IT, Transporters go become truck drivers, medics become EMTs, etc. Even MPs tend to work in private security rather than police force once they get out, the private sector is just better pay and safer. I’ve even seen guys get out and go work for Smith & Wesson just from the gun experience. I’ve only seen one scumbag try and become a cop after he got out of the military, and he actually didn’t last long before they fired him.

          Anyways most vets aren’t becoming cops, and most vets I know fucking hate cops.

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          Seen plenty of comments on reddit who have used the GI bill to get an education they otherwise couldn’t afford and then a decent career that has nothing to do with shooting people. That’s what the smarter ones do, anyway.

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      7 hours ago

      You know what? Removing trained personnel based on an intrinsic characteristic instead of their ability to perform duties is not an effective way to retain your best staff who wield lethal weapons.

      If America invaded Canada, I’d be okay with some razor bumps on a soldier well-trained in more than killing. I know our Canadian troopies get different training from a different mindset, but it’s one I like to see in invaders too.

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    14 hours ago

    Aimed at enhancing Marines’ “warfighting capability,” the guidance states that service members with PFB must undergo a medical evaluation within 90 days.

    they’re not even trying to make sense anymore lol

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    14 hours ago

    Considering they are starting another war in middle east, I don’t think they’ll need shaving where they are going…

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    14 hours ago

    Why would they kick black men out of the marines?

    Wars still need cannon fodder.

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    10 hours ago

    They’re trying to get brown people out of the military, because white people will be willing to attack brown civilians at home, cause all white people are racists according to them.