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1AngryTart -8 points ago +9 / -17

Military people are people who have no life skills....they can't get a job so they join because they are too stupid for anything else.

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julianReyes 7 points ago +9 / -2

Not true, indoctrination screens based on IQ (some of the people stuck training recruits at boot camp admit this on occasion) and obviously they want people who can comprehend the more extensive training for specialized positions like field medic. It also really depends on which military branch and position you aim for. People with "no life skills" get filtered out fast if they can't adopt discipline for basic tasks like folding their uniform.

I do agree from my own experiences in the military (and thank fuck my tour ended just in time because I would not have known how I would have survived under Xiden) that way too many people sign up based on the benefits (and believe me, most recruiters are incredibly dishonest about depicting what military life is like since they are paid based on whether they can ship somebody off to boot camp, regardless of whether that recruit actually passes indoctrination).