And the VA loan. That's how I got my house!
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YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It should be pointed out that the vast majority of the military are in support career fields, not combat units. Also, the GI Bill absolutely makes it worth it.
DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 10 months ago
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Generally speaking, a military career is the best means of advancement in social class for Americans. You’ll easily move up the middle class and likely upper middle class or upper class depending on time served.
Zehzin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Service Guarantees Citizenship
Would you like to know more?
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not everyone is willing to be a public servant. Of all the things from Starship Troopers, that is something I liked. I’m a fan of granting a free college education to public servants, military or govt employees after four years of service.
Citizenship isn’t a perk of military service in the United States, you don’t have to be a citizen to serve but you still earn the benefits.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Problem is for people with fundamental incompatibility with the military, either disability or personality clash with authority
Even civilian work parallel to the military can be hard to access in those circumstances
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah less than ten percent is combat trained and tasked and only a tenth of them (so 1% of the total) are combat veterans.
Most of the people you’ve thanked for their service probably worked at a job that civilians do everyday like fixing things or doing paperwork. Just in a uniform.
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My primary job was a logistics account, but that meant I had to inventory high value items at Forward Operating Bases in Iraq and Afghanistan and I drove in a few convoys, only once anything significant happened.