Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agowhat is the worst idea you ever had?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squarewhat is the worst idea you ever had?Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 months agoJoined the Army thinking I was going to do some good in the world for my country.
minus-squareweew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoWould the army even exist if it weren’t for young, naive, and/or desperate folk?
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoCertainly not in the forms it’s been in since the 60’s. They have stepped up their education benefits quite a bit in the last 20 years but the price is still too high if you’re in combat arms and ever have to go do your job for real.
Joined the Army thinking I was going to do some good in the world for my country.
Would the army even exist if it weren’t for young, naive, and/or desperate folk?
Certainly not in the forms it’s been in since the 60’s. They have stepped up their education benefits quite a bit in the last 20 years but the price is still too high if you’re in combat arms and ever have to go do your job for real.