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Re:U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from se... by JamesSwift on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:56PM (#34431199)
Very common in all branches, it just differs based on what the job is. Mechanics? Probably less likely. Intel? Way more likely.
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Re:U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from se... by Wohlf on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @02:37PM (#34431840)
Can confirm it was fairly common in the Marine Corps, even some of the grunts and motor transport guys would get interested on ship duty. When you're bored as hell you'll take anything you can get.
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Re:U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from se... by wyldberry on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:17PM (#34432419)
Boredom and creativity go hand in hand. Not necessarily good creativity. On my first deployment i chugged a bottle of syrup for $50 bucks and gave the corpsman heart attacks. It is not fun throwing up syrup for an hour after.
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Re:U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from se... by poulsbohemian on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @05:00PM (#34433734)
>Mechanics? Probably less likely.

Coincidentally, my partner's father was an airplane mechanic stationed in Okinawa in the 1980s... and apparently played a lot of D&D.

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