The Value of Military Service in 2023

[BeatTheTunaUp]

I don't know what company/field/industry you work for, but rest assured it can kiss my ass. The entire problem most of you have been discussing is directly related to woketard/political correctness horeseshit in corporate America. Modern corporate America is scared of Veterans of my generation and older. We can see the problem and we can fix the problem, problem is the pussy snowflakes get butt hurt and go crying to HR. Every employment I've failed at was exactly this environment, every employment I succeeded at valued my ability to manage utilizing the skills and mental toughness developed and honed while serving in 2 branches of the military (not this woketard nonsense we've got now). As for those of you feeling like you're years behind your counterparts? I guarantee at age 19 I was leading more people in more varied circumstances than you ever had by age 30. You get back out of it what you put in to it, if it feels like a failure, then you failed yourself.

I tend to deal with people from the mechanical divisions. It's nothing woke, just lazy. One dude told me he would zip tie his wrist around a drive shaft and take naps under hummers. Evidently we push harder than they're used to and quit.

 

[MTA]

Well atleast being a veteran allows me to say some shit at my job that would get a normal person fired. That and the Glock blue label discount is nice

I tend to deal with people from the mechanical divisions. It's nothing woke, just lazy. One dude told me he would zip tie his wrist around a drive shaft and take naps under hummers. Evidently we push harder than they're used to and quit.

lmao I have seen this personally on Okinawa, but it wasnt zip ties it was something else I forget. I dont think you are wrong though, there are alot of welfare queens in the military. I cant tell you how many fat, sloppy 12 year sergeants barely make it to SNCO right before they are kicked to the curb and then spend the rest of their 20 as an e-6 so they can get their gov check for the rest of their life

 

[BeatTheTunaUp]

Well atleast being a veteran allows me to say some shit at my job that would get a normal person fired. That and the Glock blue label discount is nice

lmao I have seen this personally on Okinawa, but it wasnt zip ties it was something else I forget. I dont think you are wrong though, there are alot of welfare queens in the military. I cant tell you how many fat, sloppy 12 year sergeants barely make it to SNCO right before they are kicked to the curb and then spend the rest of their 20 as an e-6 so they can get their gov check for the rest of their life

I no doubt see the bottom of the barrel, and it isn't representative as a whole. It's just the people we get. Maybe it's a Fort Hood or whatever it's called now issue.

 

[billtool]

I no doubt see the bottom of the barrel, and it isn't representative as a whole. It's just the people we get. Maybe it's a Fort Hood or whatever it's called now issue.

Or whatever it’s called now… holy crap. What a wreck

 

[Tnhawk]

I no doubt see the bottom of the barrel, and it isn't representative as a whole. It's just the people we get. Maybe it's a Fort Hood or whatever it's called now issue.

While some of us learned useful skills as well as good values during our service that can't be said for every veteran. The same could be said of colleges and other training institutions.

 

[ST5MF]

I’ve never thought that joining the military puts people behind their peers when transitioning back to civilian careers.

There is not a lot of legit jobs in the civilian sector for breaking shit and killing people. And most really don’t want to work for Mexican Cartels…but few .MIL peeps have actually offered their services and sought employment by the NARCOS in Mexico. There are also former foreign military persons who train the NARCO henchmen in weapons, tactics, TTP’s et al. Things that don’t make the Faux News Cycles.

 

[ST5MF]

I see it a lot around here. We almost won't hire ex military due to past issues. Seems the private sector is a little more fast paced then they're used to. Hate to say it because I respect the military, but as an employee, they're on par with other gov workers most of the time.

The military process of doing anything is always 2-5 years behind the civilian sector with outdated and lowest bidder tech in play. In the military you learn to do more with less, in the civilian sector this mentality leaves you behind as consumerism and most up to methods/tech is what pays off in the commercial sector not the penny pinching groveling for crumbs mindset that the .MIL/.GOV operates under.

 

[TheDan]

USMC

Yeah chewing crayons isn't really a transferable skill.

 

[DougC]

"Many Americans ask, is it worth it? Unquestionably, yes says CMC General David H. Berger in his column in the Dallas Morning News 1/8/2023

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