Iām in the military and yes itās out of fucking control. Most of the people I know in the military feel the same way. You civilians need to calm the fuck down. Most of us joined in our teens or early twenties. For a lot of us it was because we needed a job, and we didnāt see any other options, and this job has good benefits, especially for an uneducated young person in America. We get healthcare and education!! Thatās some tempting fucking fruit. But this is a JOB. Some people in the military become heroes, thatās true. Jumping on grenades, defusing bombs, dragging a wounded person from the middle of a firefight. They usually end up dead in the process. Those people deserve respect, in my opinion. They give their lives for their friends, no matter whether or not you agree with the policies that put them there in the first place. But a lot of people in America reflexively claim that everyone in the military is a hero, full stop. This isnāt true and it lets people look the other way when something is actually wrong in the military, because itās the military, theyāre heroes, they can do no wrong.
Weāre doing a job, and a lot of us are never really put in harmās way. I work in a climate controlled lab for 8 hours a day, for instance. Really grueling. Such a hero. This fawning lip service of an infallible military doesnāt do us any good. I know people who have bought into it, who have heard so many people tell them that theyāre heroes that they actually believe it, and they are the stupid and dangerous ones. Joining the military does not make you a hero, and calling us heroes might make you feel all warm and fluffy and red white and blue but it doesnāt do anything for the people that end up on the streets with PTSD or come home with life-changing injuries or in a box. Weāre human beings, not some concept that you can just mindlessly adulate and then feel better about yourself.
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