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Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] capital@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is hard to convey to people who didn’t serve but my job, even if I had deployed, was low risk.

I worked in datacenters where I needed a jacket to stay warm year round.

I wore the same pair of boots, issued to me in basic, my entire 4 years because I sat on my ass the majority of the time. They never needed replacing.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Did you know how low the risk was going to be when you signed up? Do you think most people sign up knowing that there will be little likelihood that they will die in a war?

[–] capital@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I did and I would expect most do because the jobs are public.

I considered pararescue and the difference between that and what I did was clear before joining.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yes, most people that sign up for infantry want to do it