History Is serving in the military a noble profession?

[Jack Reacheround]

It depends on why you’re serving. If you just want “action” or want to kill people, then it isn’t. Pretty much any other reason is honorable though.

 

[Stoic1]

It depends on why you’re serving. If you just want “action” or want to kill people, then it isn’t. Pretty much any other reason is honorable though.

What if service was a family tradition but you want to kill people just a little bit...you know... like maybe 1%?

 

[Cole train]

What if service was a family tradition but you want to kill people just a little bit...you know... like maybe 1%?

What if you just want to be first guy on the block with a confirmed kill?

 

[chardog]

In modern days general infantry is for those who can't be gainfully employed otherwise

Naw, folks can use the discipline, and the benefits are nice.

 

[Baby Hanma]

Yeah, if you're fighting for your country's safety.

 

[Slobodan]

@lsa our forum's resident Svede served in the French military as a Legionnaire.

 

[lsa]

@lsa our forum's resident Svede served in the French military as a Legionnaire.

I regret nothing

 

[SandisLL]

As for peacetime?
I respect cos in my area they sometines are using special tasks forces to attempt evacuate patients from ships if they doesn't have time and SAR had failed to do job. Then it is really damn risky for guys.
Also they are used for flood control and also stuff like national guards ( more often not paid volunteers ) to search areas cos missing persons . . ..etc cases...

 

[Slobodan]

I regret nothing

 

[lsa]

Epic fail

 

[Slobodan]

Epic fail

Don't diss Mel Gibson

 

[lsa]

Don't diss Mel Gibson

I was talking about you because all I see is a broken link.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

@lsa our forum's resident Svede served in the French military as a Legionnaire.

I regret nothing

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

I was talking about you because all I see is a broken link.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

I joined the US Army way back in 2001 before this happened:



I did it because I didn't know what I was doing after HS, I wanted an adventure, money for college, career training, benefits like health care. I'm a Vietnamese refugee and I felt I should do something for the country that tried to help me out.

Little did I know that this would set forth a series of events where we would end up fighting a war for oil:



It made me realize that while I was fighting for mostly noble causes (and some selfish), the politicians were using me as a pawn for their masters, the rich 0.0001% who really control the world. I'm talking Boeing, Exxon, Brown & Root, Lockheed Martin, etc.

It kind of rained on my parade, to turn so cynical so fast.

First off thank you for your service. How long were you in the army for?

What made you realize that you were a pawn in a larger scheme of things?

 

[Slobodan]

I was talking about you because all I see is a broken link.

Might be a forum glitch, a poster that quoted me earlier today posted a gif but it wasn't showing for a while.

 

[lsa]

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Might be a forum glitch, a poster that quoted me earlier today posted a gif but it wasn't showing for a while.

 

[lowlife]

The idea of it is noble, the reality not so much.

 

[ShaggyDoyle]

Nope. Soldiers are essentially used as cannon fodders to serve politicians interest. And that interest is almost always about acquiring morw power for themselves. Soldiers end up with PTSD and treated poorly by the very elites that they risk their life for.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Nope. Soldiers are essentially used as cannon fodders to serve politicians interest. And that interest is almost always about acquiring morw power for themselves. Soldiers end up with PTSD and treated poorly by the very elites that they risk their life for.

Very well said, thanks.