I don’t know what I expected

Has he been to Maui yet?

I hate when I’m late

I did 4 years on active duty and 6 months in Initial Entry Training (Basic and AIT). They’re going to yell at you, you’re going to be stressed, but unlike the movies and the TV shows, they aren’t there to break your spirit and make you a mindless drone. You’ll be yelled at for 2 reasons:

1)You fucked up, and if you fucked up in a firefight, people could die.

2)Someone else fucked up, and if they fucked ip in a firefight, people could die and you have to pay for it.

Either way, your Drill Sergeants aren’t there to do anything more than teach you to be a soldier. The people that come out of the military and act like they’re unfeeling assholes were that way when they went to basic, and it’s all a show I assure you.

Basic will be the most fun you’ll never want to have again, and honestly it’s a blast. Not once have I regretted joining and seeing what my life has become because of my time in.

All that being said, you can refuse to train and get chaptered out, but the fastest way out of Basic is through it. You’ve got to embrace the suck, grit your teeth, and then you’ll wake up 2 and a half months later and you’ll be wearing your dress uniform and going and getting a steak with your loved ones before heading off to AIT.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Ah yes, I can’t imagine how these could be used for evil… /s

This is a perfect example of something unethical being lawful. Should we break unethical laws?

It doesn’t have to be

This is just ridiculous. One guy doesn’t like Austin, so it’s a terrible place? As someone who has lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, and Texas, I can tell you I’ve liked Texas the best, and I much prefer Austin and Dallas to pretty much any other city I’ve been to.

You’re going to tell me you wouldn’t be upset if you’re kid was Christian?

I will never rent long term ever again, thank God I bought a house.

“Someone has a dissenting opinion it must be ASTROTURFING AAAAAHHHHHHH”-You for some reason…

For real, God forbid we keep the actual safe, clean nuclear plants running

This is just how it seems to go, before reddit there was Digg, after Digg went down, everyone went to reddit, now that reddit is going down, people are migrating to alternatives, with Lenmy being the most prominent one right now. I think Lemmy’s ability to have multiple instances will help cement its popularity though

You’re right, sorry I meant the Taliban

My friend, I don’t know your qualifications, but I can tell you that the Viet Cong and AL Qaeda won against the most advanced COIN force in the world.

This might be a good place to start.

The powers that be (the old republicans) do not like him, they wouldn’t allow him to be the GOP candidate even if he succeeded.

Your last point is the one that gets me, the left needs firearms as much as the right does if shit hits the fan.

If anything, the US’s engagements in Vietnam and, more recently, the Middle East have shown that eradicating an insurgent force is incredibly difficult, to the point of being almost impossible. On top of that, there are weapons used during the GWOT that wouldn’t (shouldn’t(?)) Be used against American citizens, unless their goal is to be rulers of the ashes. On top of that, there are plenty of American Servicemembers that would straight up refuse to attack American citizens, and would potentially aid the insurgency with things like vehicles and ammo.

Add on top of that the extensive gun culture and sheer number of veterans in the general US population and I’d say they have a fighting chance.

I say this all as a former military intelligence analyst myself.

To be fair, I can get a bottle of D.O.C.G. Prosecco from Costco for $7, and most people consider it to be fairly good prosecco