U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with Ghosn escape from Japan

Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by kthxbye123 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:57PM (#23249140)

Part of the allure of the job is that it's supposed to be about abstract values like honor, duty, loyalty, patriotism etc. and not about compensation. It can't be otherwise, because then you have to accept that the job is basically just about killing people in exchange for money.

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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by meheleventyone on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:35PM (#23249548)

It can be about all that stuff and you can pay people well. Nothing about the latter implies you have to suddenly change your values.

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Re:U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with ... by 0xCMP on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:48PM (#23250338)

And yet I'm sure there are plenty of reasons these roles can make you quite cynical about those values (specifically, if leadership has those values) and decide it's no difference. Might as well make more in private industry without needing retraining.

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