Army raises enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions

Probably has a Medal of Honor and is currently training with the Olympic ping pong team.

I'm not being funny when I say this, sometimes I genuinely envy people who are that stupid. His life must be so simple. Sounds like he had his plan all figured out: join the Navy, be a sailor. I doubt he's spent many nights lying awake in bed wondering if that's really the right path for him in life. Probably never even gave it a second thought.

That's like everything to it. The people being pushed and recruited into the military are generally not the people who have options. Them raising it to 42 says that they can't attract anyone because the country's patriotism is at the lowest despite a cult existing

The poverty draft has always been their thing. The fact that they're changing the age limit up to 42 really says something about what it's like out there for younger folks. I can only say "younger" because I'm older than that, but shit. Imagine being 40 and your best prospect is boot camp to become an enlisted. We are on the wrong track.

My Dad got shot and blown up with a grenade in the jungle of Vietnam and after he got out of the hospital he was sent to Germany. While in Germany I guess somebody told him to say he was artist or something in order to avoid shitty work. A few weeks later an intimidating top brass military guy told him to paint a huge “horn of plenty” on his office wall. Lol Needless to say he wasn’t really an artist, but he nervously painted a big azz horn of plenty the best he could. He says it turned out pretty good and had sort of an “impressionist” vibe to it. When the guy got back in town and returned to his office a few days later my dad was terrified of how he’d react. But when he busted through the door and saw my dad’s masterpiece he was like “hmm.. good job..” Then the next week the guy had painters paint all his office walls a single color and his masterpiece was gone. Lol

That and they probably have nothing else for the grunts to do that day, so they turned a task into an all day thing.

The psychology behind Marine boot camp and training is to literally tear apart your psyche and remold you in a way that fits their needs - someone that will follow orders without question, disregard the sense of self in place of "something bigger". A lot of the things they do in Marine boot camp can be seen as forms of psychological torture. Sleep deprivation being one of the biggest ones, but you can't leave out the good old screaming in your face from an inch away with spit flying all over your face. If you're psychologically and physically exhausted beyond what some people will ever feel in their lives, repeated very frequently over the course of 3 months, whatever propensity you may have to push back against stupid orders will deteriorate. The military, and I would argue especially the Marines do a very good f****** job at giving people who usually come from economically disadvantaged areas or shitty/abusive families a massive sense of pride and fill them up full of purpose. Many of them having never felt that before ever in their lives. The psychological abuse tempers down after you get out of boot camp. But then other forms of psychological manipulation comes into play, this being worse for infantry vs non infantry. While there is a bit of dehumanizing going on in boot camp, it ramps up after. I speak from an infantry perspective where you are taught that you are the wolf, rest of society, and even your non infantry peers are sheep. You protect them because they are too dumb, weak willed, and generally weak to protect themselves. Then you are taught to see your opposition as subhuman, it is much easier to kill when you are able to see your adversary as less than human. Lets not forget the hazing, it has gotten better than it was historically. But that further beats the sense of self out of you until you submit. Then you do it to the next boot drop, then they do it to the next boot drop. (Boot drop are when Marines who just finished school get shipped to their duty stations). You don't think, you don't ask questions, you follow orders. You think, you may start asking questions, you might question your orders. The Marines don't like that at all. If you start asking why, what's the purpose of doing the shit you're ordered to do, good luck. It will become a rough ride. Especially for people who truly bought into everything going in. That's why many Marines who are smart, genuinely good humans bounce after an enlistment. You will see plenty of senior enlisted that will make you question their ability to function in the real world. Then comes the best part! After all that, when you've been been beaten down, built back up in their vision, pumped full of pride and purpose, get tossed around on whatever deployments, missions, assignments, you say your farewell. You get your dd214 after a few weeks of transitional classes and peace out. Many guys live for that day, live it up after discharge, then f****** crash. Along with your diacharge from the military, so goes your purpose as well. You're just another person in the sea, many hold onto the wolf vs sheep mentality and wonder why they struggle so much in day to day civilian living. Source? Former crayon eater turned therapist for newer former crayon eaters and the likes.

Someone mentioned they were in the Air Force and they had a joint meeting with the marines about I don't remember what, but he gave a "common sense" comment to the marines Major which caused all present marine grunts to wince and him getting chewed out.

The idea is to so rigorously ingrain the concept of following orders without thinking that soldiers will be able to follow an order to charge into gun fire without thinking. Obviously there is some sort of balance, e.g. U.S. troops in WWII were known for initiative and adaptability at low levels of authority compared to old school continental military hierarchies.

every senator and the president's kids and grandkids have to go first

**why do you think they keep building those nice new prisons all over the Country?** People dodging the draft, tossed in with people ICE pick up, to get dissenters out of public view and to lower turnout for elections.

I thought it was V6 Mustangs and Chargers?

Enlisted parking lot: Mustang, Mustang, Camaro, Hummer, Mustang, Lifted truck Officer parking lot: Toyota camry, honda accord, camry, camry, volkswagen jetta

I had to do it for 2 straight weeks too 🤮 in the Afghan heat the shit barrels would be pulsating with maggots by the time I got to them.