71% of 17-24 years olds are ineligible to join U.S. Military

[1thouwow]

College track kids won't go. Sorority broads, beer pong and football games >>>>>>>> basic training. Some might if they want the military to pay for their education.

What you're left with are high school kids that may not want to attend a 4 year university. Some kids do trades....so they probably go down that path.

There will always be some kids willing to join the military but many more that just aren't cut out for it.

I was 145 lbs and under 10% bf in high school. Definitely in shape but had plenty of financial aid and college acceptance letters. There are A LOT of kids like I was but honestly the best prospects are going to school.

My first few years in the military I probably slayed more girls than 75% of college nikkas my age

 

[Sauce and Footwork]

My grandfather wasn’t interested either. He was drafted And neither was I until I had my back against the wall with no other options and joined the Marines. Changed my life cuz of all these benefitsthat 100% disability check each monthchanged a young nikka life. 2023 it just increased again. Forgive me humble bragging brehs

 

[BulletProof]

Im honestly not advocating one way or another but this generation is more into entitlement than service.

 

[skyrunner1]

I’ve been in a while and will be in a lot longer. I’ve enjoyed my time and made way more money than I ever would’ve expected


But knowing what I know now about my career field (IT), I would’ve NEVER joined

Expound breh..

 

[2-Digit]

Of course they don't, and I don't blame them. Look at the bullshyt from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Almost 7000 killed in action, with 44% of them being between the age of 18 and 24.

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/national/fallen/

Sure those individuals killed really thought that they were fighting for a purpose, and from their perspective, they absolutely were, and they have my respect. However, there were no weapons of mass destruction found, and the younger generation is a lot smarter than previous generations. It seems that the consensus is that if 535 motherfukkers and all of the Presidential Cabinet want to go to war, then they and their children, and grandchildren, and every able bodied person in those bloodlines need to be on the frontlines first.

nikkas are tired of being pawns, benefits be damned.

 

[TheAnointedOne]

This shyt gets posted every week.

All branches met their recruiting goals except for the Army.

Army misses recruiting goal by 15,000 soldiers

Officials said the Army brought in about 45,000 soldiers during the fiscal year that ended Friday. The goal was 60,000.

www.armytimes.com

While the Army was the only service that didn’t meet its target, all of the others had to dig deep into their pools of delayed entry applicants, which will put them behind as they begin the next recruiting year on Saturday.

 

[BK The Great]

I don’t blame them

 

[Afro]

My whole fam is military and while you are 100% correct.

The reality is, people do not believe in what the military stands for At this moment. All the wars, all the money, all the being thrown in random states and bases in undesirable places, retiring or leaving with real issues mentally or physically, random tours in different countries, failed relationships/marriages, benefits only if honorably discharged, etc.

Amazing oppurtunity, but it does prey on ppl who either feel they have no options or ppl who are really in it only for the benefits. Becoming more and more rare to aee ppl like my bro who is a major and always wanted to be a soldier. And after 15 years, hes wanted out the last 5 but stays for maximized retirement

I met enough dudes from Iraq to say hell no.

None of em said they would do it again.

Had to pause shop class while in Automotive school for a second because dude heard a loud noise and went "Into The Zone".

 

[badboys11]

Good. We would live in a better world if some of my peers didn't believe the propaganda and woulda stayed they asses home 20 yrs ago.

We had no business in Iraq

We had no business in Vietnam

We had no business in Korea

We had no business in Afghanistan post 2001.

The cold war was all propaganda, Russia is and has been a paper tiger military wise, our intelligence agencies have known this since the 40s. It was all about money.

We can clearly see how much this country really feels about it's vets. Look home many are homeless walking the streets. Look how many are on the internet believing conspiracy theories cause they seen firsthand how crooked our government structure has become.


If anything, China and Israel got some explaining to do. We ain't doing shyt to them


If the military is so important, holla at me when the president, vice president, and speaker of the house volunteer their families and their children first. Til then....

 

[Marc Spector]

I commission in May

Gonna use the GI bill to pay for grad school at a top ten uni in four years too.

Graduating college with no debt, never worried about paying rent, car payed off using money I got for school, met and friends with sons of O5s and full birds (connections)

shyt is sweet over here, and ROTC is the easiest shyt ever

Rep breh. See that graduation through. If i could do it all over again, i woulda done ROTC instead of being a Prior E.

Explain in depth

Expound breh..

Essentially with IT, the best engineers are hitting the books and keyboard early and often in their formative years. I DO NOT come from a IT background but am in a IT career now through switching career fields in the military. It has paid crazy dividends for me.

But now seeing the money to be made and how its a lifelong trade (but also, a lifelong dedication to learning), I wouldve told my past self to just hit the fukking books, tinker, and look for internships and apprenticeships. I woulda got into IT early and never joined in the first place. Only real gain to joining the military as far as IT is getting a clearance, but even then, many companies will sponsor someone who has never had one.

With that said, i dont regret my career path, or joining, at all. it has made me a better man.

 

[TheAnointedOne]

1) Do they have separate stats for enlistment vs officer recruitment goals? If they're short on officers then that would be a good opportunity for some folks. The Navy is short on officers.

2) This article perfectly describes our situation : Why Are 21st Century Men So Apathetic and Unmotivated?

Talks about how today's men are too comfortable sitting in front of the computer all day doing shyt. Goes on about how our complacency and lack of motivation will be the downfall of western society. This isn't just some doomsayer nonsense, as his compelling arguments and astute observations are propped up by historical precedence.

In 390 B.C., Gaul sacked Rome, butchering its elder statesmen, pillaging its homes, and lighting the city on fire. Rome would not be sacked again for 800 more years, until Alaric led his band of Visigoths down through Italy. Not even Hannibal with his elephants and his military genius breached its walls.

Julius Caesar eventually brought Gaul to heel, conquering a divided Gaul in the Gallic Wars. Over the course of Caesar's 8-year wars, one million Gauls died (about 20% of the population), another million Gauls the Romans enslaved, and 800 cities lay smoldering in ruins. The Gauls fought back; yet the Romans were too strong and too organized, so won. Nevertheless, from this conquest, Roman Gaul emerged, an advanced, stable, comfortable society.

By the time the Suevi, the Vandals, the Alani, and the Burgundians invaded Gaul in 406 A.D., Gaul was a nation transformed. Although Gaul was filled with healthy young men, unlike when Caesar invaded, it put up no resistance to its Barbarian invaders. This time, a small band of invaders massacred large masses of young men who did not resist, raped its women, and burned and pillaged its towns and cities. Within three years, the invaders had become masters of the unresisting Gaul.

What happened between the time when the Gauls traded conquests with the mightiest civilization on the Earth, versus when they rolled over and died for a paltry band of rapscallions?

The most obvious answer is they got comfortable.

America went from a military powerhouse and a nation of fearless men to.......a nation of overweight pussies with low testosterone simping for fake tittied, tatted up, tranny-looking gold diggers with oddly shaped BBLs. A nation of confused, and lost young men who idolize misogynistic snake oil salesmen who routinely engage in human trafficking and pedophilia.

 

[Him Duncan]

The US government has always been the biggest enemy of black people. The US government DOES NOT take care of veterans.

If you support the US government or military then you’re an absolute retarded piece of shyt that should be wiped out

I completely disagree. Did 8, Been out for 6. One of the best decisions I've made in life

 

[Asicz]

Ignore that being drafted and not serving meant u were arrested brehs. Go fukk urself bootlicking c00n cocksucker

Your disregard and disrespect of Black Americans in the military is severely flawed.

No need for your childish sassy tantrums.

No way you say this outside the safety of your screen witout it ending badly for you.


But anyway, I am proud of the long tradition of Black American men and women that served in the military of their own nation.

You should too imo in spite of USA being imperfect and not giving reservations for slavery and oppression of Black Americans.

Happy New Year!

 

[bnew]

America can't beat any formidable militaries.
They thrive off propaganda.
Where else in the world would this be even taken seriously??
I don't care tho whatever brings down the empire

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America trained ukraines they/them army which is currently a formidable foe for russias military.

 

[Problematic Pat]

America trained ukraines they/them army which is currently a formidable foe for russias military.

Ukraine military has been decimated and Russia still hasn't sent out the 300,000 troops they mobilized. Putin was heavily criticized in Russia for not fully deploying the military in the beginning and bombarding Ukraine back into the stoneage instead of the strategy of not leveling everything and trying to get them to negotiate to avoid going into a full scale war.
Ukraine is currently in the dark with its citizens fleeing to other countries in Europe so they don't freeze to death. Power grid in shambles and Zelensky still going on his worldwide begging tour. They are finished.