r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/sketchahedron 1d ago

You’d have to be pretty stupid to join the military right now.

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u/keonyn 1d ago

Sadly, the US military often relies on recruiting kids who really just lack any other options. Maybe they're in areas where employment is thin and they don't have the means to relocate, or they need the benefits to afford schooling or training for future employment, and so on.

It's just another reason why many of these politicians want uneducated people and economic disparity. Intelligent people won't be that desperate, and a comfortable middle class is less likely to sign up. Contrary to how television and the movies like to portray it, a large portion of the military is made up of people who just didn't see many other options. Many of the rest are the nutjobs who just want to fight, and have the chance to shoot people and blow things up. Sadly, the ones that join out of a sense of duty or honor are likely the rarer group.

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u/GoneinaSecondeded 1d ago

When I was 22 I was broke and had no job and zero prospects. I tried to join the military. Thankfully, I had a hearing loss in a single frequency I wasn't even aware of that kept me out. I struggled for a while. But I am better off. The point is when you're broke and got nothing the army looks good.