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Is that a stupid question? Like aren’t most people negatively impacted
I imagine that they’re fishing for compliments regarding leadership training, job placement, etc.
“I taught this guys wife how to fuck 10 guys.”
Should've said nine.
Well hopefully their social media PR person learned a valuable lesson- Don't ask a question on the internet unless you're really prepared for people to give you an answer you're not going to like.
Nope. Most people in the military aren't combat troops. A military the size of the one the US has requires a fuck ton of non-combat positions to function.
I think it was The Onion that made an article promoting a new Call of Duty game where all you do is fix humvees and wait on watch.
So you get booted for smoking week?
I was friends with a military guy who used to hate the whole "thank you for your service" thing. He was like "I work in a fucking office in Dallas".
"Thank you for your service" seems to be what people say when they claim to support servicemen/women and then try to defund the VA, Tricare, and post-service mental care.
For most service members the Military is basically just a guaranteed job with a REALLY good on site gym membership
Eh, military has a lot of jobs outside of combat situations, so idk if "most" ex-military are negatively impacted although I imagine anyone who's seen combat is.
I doubt most are negatively impacted overall. Though those who are, are often extremely negatively impacted (PTSD, serious permanent injury, death).
I see a lot of service members in my job… trust me a large percentage are negatively impacted..
I’d think death would extremely negatively impact a person.
Wow - never seen just how, while tragic, low the death rate is.
https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/summaryData/deaths/byYearManner
So many self inflicted! And plenty of illness.
What especially sticks out to my laymen self is the trend where active duty numbers decrease over time, but self-inflicted casualties continue to increase.
Additionally, the 2nd last page - from 2010 ~ 2019 the total deaths trend down from 1,485 to 893. Impressive! However, self-infliction continues to rise. :(
Thank you for sharing!
It is my (possibly flawed) understanding that because of improvement in personal armor, armored vehicles, etc. deaths in combat have in general dropped, but the psychological repercussions have not. So you still have plenty of people with severe PTSD that end up being part of that terrible 'self-inflicted' statistic.
No. If you look at all the bad shit, and I'm including rapes, active duty PTSD, etc by high estimates you are taking 30%. If you take that as the worst case scenario, consider the past and education is easy to see most have an improved life.
So so so much of the military is logistics who will never see fighting.