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  • OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Not that I was ever interested in being military, but I was at a lunch with two older lifelong army retirees. They kept talking about how military service broke their bodies and politicians won’t cover their medical costs. These injuries were independent of any combat: It’s just expected that you sell every part of yourself when you sign up.

    Who wants to be 45 years old with a limp, be unable to hear a quiet conversation, and have horrible back problems.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know a single person who was in the military who has good things to say about it.

      After training, sure, they’re all for it. After doing the job for real (combat or not) and getting out, not a single time that I can remember.