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<blockquote data-quote="get2choppaaa" data-source="post: 1435839" data-attributes="member: 17150"><p>Yes valid points, but let me offer an alternate view to play devil's advocate</p><p>....if you are looking for an adventure, life experience, travel and some of the greatest friends you've ever made, there is no substitute. </p><p></p><p>My mil experience in my 20s as a Marine Artillery Officer set me up with insight, financial stability above most of my peers, and a true appreciation for the freedoms we still have in America. I would not trade it for all the money in the world. I had to walk that path to get to where I am now.</p><p></p><p>People who haven't done it won't get it at all. You don't chose where you go, you volunteer hoping that your country and it'd people don't squander your service fighting a somali warlord or some bullshit like that. You can acknowledge that you're a foot soldier for wallstreet/((())) but it's a reality that our empire needs troops. You can rationalize or justify or not however you chose...</p><p></p><p>When you see a war torn country where the men blow up their own wives/kids as suicide vests and tribal warfare ect, you really understand good and evil as it manifests WAY better than you could ever do watching a movie or reading about it in a book. It makes you realize how precious the little things every one of the fat nasty american people take for granted while they are panic buying TP during the WuFlu.... It makes you confident that your ability to weather the storm will overcome any challenges of a 1st world regime ect...</p><p></p><p>But everyone's experience is different. </p><p></p><p>My point is that for some people who are being called, there is no solution other than service. And for good or bad, it is something some men just need to experience so they can fully reach actualization and a life without regret of inaction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="get2choppaaa, post: 1435839, member: 17150"] Yes valid points, but let me offer an alternate view to play devil's advocate ....if you are looking for an adventure, life experience, travel and some of the greatest friends you've ever made, there is no substitute. My mil experience in my 20s as a Marine Artillery Officer set me up with insight, financial stability above most of my peers, and a true appreciation for the freedoms we still have in America. I would not trade it for all the money in the world. I had to walk that path to get to where I am now. People who haven't done it won't get it at all. You don't chose where you go, you volunteer hoping that your country and it'd people don't squander your service fighting a somali warlord or some bullshit like that. You can acknowledge that you're a foot soldier for wallstreet/((())) but it's a reality that our empire needs troops. You can rationalize or justify or not however you chose... When you see a war torn country where the men blow up their own wives/kids as suicide vests and tribal warfare ect, you really understand good and evil as it manifests WAY better than you could ever do watching a movie or reading about it in a book. It makes you realize how precious the little things every one of the fat nasty american people take for granted while they are panic buying TP during the WuFlu.... It makes you confident that your ability to weather the storm will overcome any challenges of a 1st world regime ect... But everyone's experience is different. My point is that for some people who are being called, there is no solution other than service. And for good or bad, it is something some men just need to experience so they can fully reach actualization and a life without regret of inaction. [/QUOTE]
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