@icedquinn @cee @xianc78 My problem with the Military (and -- for the record, I was going to join the Army at one point, quite willingly, only a really good job offer came up just before) is that it really feels like the whole apparatus is about the elites fucking around in places they don't need to be. You aren't in control of your own destiny anymore, and your a pawn for someone else's.
People die and the elites laugh hysterically. I wouldn't want to be a part of that unless I knew I could game the system hard.
Its sad when parents just stand in the way of their children's lives. You know, once you are on your own though, your folks will chill out.