Did a year straight from school. Got out on a medical. Barely an adult.
This much I know - ban service recruiters from attending all schools. That’s where I was sold (among others), backed by teaching staff essentially saying you’d amount to fuck all in civvy st anyway.
The myth they sell is eternal; self discipline, transferable skills, education, corps spirit, travel, be your best self, back your regiment who’ll be friends for life. Then you leave and Combat Stress just shrugs. And the tidiness thing never really lasts either. Tell Jordan cunting Peterson that.
Keith from Desert Storm sound system is a tale that will make anyone shudder. One of the most open, brave and honest people I’ve known. Hideous outcome. The rest is common sense. Nation states require governments who require standing armies to defend borders and protect vested interests. You’d think we’d have evolved a bit further than that by now.
Without obvious American bashing, their society’s worship and fetishisation of uniforms is the wedge, there are no thin ends. Just add a flag and a perceived enemy/grievance. Jocko Willinck‘s celebrity is a proper example of where that mentality leads. Not every veteran is a cunt, but Americanising these principles is an ugly business. Rates of homelessness and suicide are beyond a disgrace domestically, but the war pigs only exist through denial of all responsibility.