Making Military Service More Attractive for Modern Spouses

Re:Making Military Service More Attractive for Modern Spouses by circlefavshape on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:12AM (#37643225)

It'd be wild if what eventually killed Pax Americana was the military being unable to recruit smart people, because they can make much better money elsewhere

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Re:Making Military Service More Attractive for Modern Spouses by 23B1 on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:18AM (#37643297)

I would argue that that is exactly what is happening.

Good, experienced warfighters get to a point in their career where they realize they can make 2-3x what they do now in an environment with less toxic leadership.

The ones that stay in become those toxic leaders.

We've lost tons of institutional knowledge post-GWOT. Imagine if we'd've shut down our factories, alienated our allies, and not put all those vets to work after WWII. That is what's happening now.

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Re:Making Military Service More Attractive for Modern Spouses by avgcorrection on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:10AM (#37644048)

This is HN so we'll celebrate any “brain drain” theory that we can come up with.

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