Sad thing is so many Americans use the military to get ahead in life.
Many peers of mine went active duty because it was a way out of the rust belt city I grew up in.
The recruiters were CONSTANTLY in and around my high school and no where to be found at the more affluent schools. Everyone in my school took the ASVABB which wasn’t the standard practice at other schools in the area. Which proves my school was a feeder for meeting recruitment quotas.
The service academies and ROTC programs are decent but as commissioned officers they normally develop skills where they don’t depend on the military compensation to take care of them.
So it’s hard to tell folks not to sign up and serve when it’s the only way they can earn a decent living or get the GI bill to pay for schooling.
Sad thing is so many Americans use the military to get ahead in life.
Many peers of mine went active duty because it was a way out of the rust belt city I grew up in.
The recruiters were CONSTANTLY in and around my high school and no where to be found at the more affluent schools. Everyone in my school took the ASVABB which wasn’t the standard practice at other schools in the area. Which proves my school was a feeder for meeting recruitment quotas.
The service academies and ROTC programs are decent but as commissioned officers they normally develop skills where they don’t depend on the military compensation to take care of them.
So it’s hard to tell folks not to sign up and serve when it’s the only way they can earn a decent living or get the GI bill to pay for schooling.