Why don’t more people serve in the military?

[BlackJesus]

I’m not interested. I don’t like the culture. I don’t want to relocate. The current wars are not worth the risk.

Given your username, it makes sense

 

[-DMP-]

Yup exactly. I'm a fairly new govt employee (contract specialist) and got a coworker who is a retired from air force. He gets 3 checks coming in (current civilian job, retirement check from air force and disability). He doing great and got 2 daughters, one young who he still paying child support and it is no issue for him. His grown daughter in school and she getting benefits from him. I wish I would've thought of that.

yup. A lot of ppl I work with got that set up going. It’s a nice as set up. Then if you stay with the civilian job long enough you can retire and get a job as a contractor.

Go to school and get paid for that! And if you get 100% disablity, they pay your kids or spouse if they decide to go to school.

 

[WaveWhisperer]

And pick a good job out the gate to start with .

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

Enslaved to what?

And what country are you prepared to go to escape said slavery mr Fredrick Douglass?

You don't eem have the pre-requisites to have this discussion with me, pahtna.

 

[BlackJesus]

You don't eem have the pre-requisites to have this discussion with me, pahtna.

You mean a brain?

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

You mean a brain?

Real shyt, please understand this, breh. American capitalism was born out of slavery. It's basically slavery with inflation.

This is literally my life's work at this point and no "coli post" will cover it.

Just google and/or youtube "slavery and capitalism" breh.

 

[The Solid One]

I never seen army brehs teaching non army folks about arms in case of a revolution or race war. fukk the army.

 

[The Minister Of Culture]

Don’t let these coli fools tell y’all not to join Im getting 3k a month from the VA tax free on top of unemployment for this covid shyt and I’m bout to start school and get 1500 a month stipen with another 1000 up front for books.



you just gotta know how to play the game

 

[The Solid One]

but my girl is in the air force

What I hear about military women, you share your girl breh

 

[Krisrunner2049]

Don’t let these coli fools tell y’all not to join Im getting 3k a month from the VA tax free on top of unemployment for this covid shyt and I’m bout to start school and get 1500 a month stipen with another 1000 up front for books.



you just gotta know how to play the game

I don’t get post 9/11 gi bill but if I commission after college and use it for a masters

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Active Duty Air Force here. Been in 19 years.

Military ain't for everyone, and there is a lot of high school type drama and bullshyt, even among people in their 30s and 40s. What I've always hated the most is the fact that for as long as I've been in, I can still wind up taking orders from a 22 year old lieutenant fresh out of college. That hierarchy needs to go.

I've also hated that for the most part, this club is not for us. Sure, you can serve and all that, but I can't shake the feeling that some people are never going to be convinced that any ideas or innovations that come from the mouths of people who look like me are ever going to be considered good enough. Let a white dude tell it though, and it's the best idea ever.

Other than that, I haven't seen an ounce of combat, and have only fired a weapon like 5 or 6 times for qualification purposes.

But I will say that because of the military, I've been able to:
Travel to and be stationed at Australia, Japan, Germany, Indonesia as well as take on deployments to Kuwait and Qatar, and travel across the US

Get a Bachelor's and Master's free charge

Pass my GI bill on for family to go to college free of charge

And I'll retire from this shyt in the next couple of years when I hit 40, and I'll be collecting a monthly 2K check from this and a monthly 3K VA disability check for the rest of my life while working a post retirement job

At the age of 40, my man can retire and get 5k a month... at 40... for NOT WORKING... 5k a month is 60k a year to not work... plus if he wants to work, being 40 and all.... he'll still get those check plus his normal work check


Ain't a black man actually in the military, ever spoke down on the military as an avenue for black people... Yet, nikkas watch make believe movies and quotes from hollywood writers, and do everything but take the government for every dollar you can...

Government fukking us over in and out the military.. At least in there, you getting some payment and education and a better life for your family out the deal.

 

[mortuus est]

my father wanted me to be in the navy and airfoce, sometimes i wonder what if

 

[NeilCartwright]

It’s a good hustle. Whether you stay for your 4 years or 20. Commission or enlist, you can still play your cards right

I did 5 years and hopefully will get 3k a month in disability at 26. The military is literally the only guaranteed way to get into the middle class.

I will say if my kids have to join then I feel like I’ve failed as a father, I need to flip this money and give them a better shot. I went through that so they won’t have to

 

[J Money]

my father wanted me to be in the navy and airfoce, sometimes i wonder what if

Why did he want you to join?

 

[mortuus est]

Why did he want you to join?

my father was in the navy in his early 20's and thought it would give me stucture for my life, we never lived together so it never happened but sometimes i think what if my parents didnt split up how different my paths in life would of went