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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by C1sc0cat on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:30AM (#20441149)
Is that surprising your not going to get many young people with skills and qualifications joining up as an infantry man.

One of my mates signed up and said that he enjoyed his 7 years but then it was time to get a job that paid a living wage.

Which is why the military and related orgs have such a hard time recruiting people experienced technical skills.

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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by b_tterc_p on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:33AM (#20441180)
It’s ok to recruit poor, unskilled people. Honestly it makes a lot of sense and is good allocation of resources if you’re acting under the premise that we need soldiers.

It’s not ok to claim that they’re there because of their values and to lie in saying that they’re a treasured part of the society.

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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by C1sc0cat on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:32AM (#20441767)
Why would you not need military force?
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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by b_tterc_p on Monday July 15, 2019 @12:42PM (#20442523)
One could argue we need far fewer soldiers. Not really interested in debating that.
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