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Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by lbotos on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:24AM (#18844878)
>No one goes to war against their will anymore.

<snark> Please tell that to the kids that are enlisting so they can actually afford to go to college in the US. </snark>

I know there is a difference between drafting and enlistment, but I know there are a lot of people in the military because it was "the way out" of their situation.

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Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by nerpderp82 on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:00PM (#18850008)
Advantages to having chronic structural income inequality? A not insignificant proportion of the US military is foreign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States...

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