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Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by leroy_masochist on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:10AM (#16062145)
> when I was in the Marine Corps, one of my drill instructors said something to the effect of "You know why I joined the Marine Corps? Because it's one of the only jobs where you can legally kill a [expletive]."

How confident are you that he actually earnestly meant this? I've heard DIs / SOI instructors say things like that on several occasions, but it was all pretty clearly within the context of trying to be "motivating"....they didn't come across as actually psychotic.

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Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by pc86 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:16AM (#16062207)
This one did seem legitimately off to me, but I'll be honest it wouldn't surprise me to learn it was all an act and he was the smartest one of the bunch.
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Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by 659087 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:29PM (#16065937)
> I've heard DIs / SOI instructors say things like that on several occasions, but it was all pretty clearly within the context of trying to be "motivating"....they didn't come across as actually psychotic.

If that's their idea of "motivational speaking", there's a whole new set of problems.

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