Why does no one want to join the military?

[Walamagicc]

I remember being 17 in high school, we always had military recruiters come in an try to convince us to sign up but one 1 out of 24 students in a classroom wanted to. Is the military really that crappy?

[codyccc]

The US has only had been at war 222/239 years so it seems very likely you will be sent to fight somewhere but its usually only three types people the military want the extremely smart people to run all the fancy toys and control the masses or fix bullet holes , the technical types who can fix the planes and tanks and such and be special forces, the lower educated to be grunts to fill out the ranks.
Most of the time though the extremely smart has better options, the technical people are usally paid better to do basically do the same thing

[Diversity_Hire]

It's because there is a massive divide between the civilian and military population; it's got to the point where something over half of recruits these days come from a family with a military background. The physical demands just to enter are more than most teens can meet, then add the stress both physical and mental that piles on during service. It ages you prematurely. Not to mention we have been in a state of endless conflict since 9/11, so it's not like you can enlist to pay for college and then act surprised when you deploy.

If we want to avoid the eventual reinstatement of the draft we need to reverse this.

Servicemembers, both current and former, make up something less than 1% of the U. S. population. It's a whole different life that most people can't relate to.

[Anonymous]

Why would I join a group where I'm told to look after my brothers and sisters back, but the men could end up raping me and it gets thrown under the rug?

Also, the lack if respect for female soliders is atrocious in military, so faq ever trying to join, if I'm just doing to be treated like garbage.

[Walamagicc]

I’ve heard this too. I hear female soldiers getting rapped all the time. It’s sad. I mean people in the military get benefits

[Opinion Owner]

Not worth getting hurt by the very people that should always protect each other.

[Walamagicc]

Totally agree. Benefits are not worth the emotional trauma

[forever4us]

The government is really that crappy! It’s the government not the idea of being in the military

[winterfox10]

Pay sucked and I didn't agree with what our military was doing at the time. I graduated high school in 2011, right before the Afghan troop surge. I was looking at joining the Marine Corps. So basically I would have gotten underpaid to guard heroin poppies.

[NamerOfStars]

Would YOU want to sign up to spend your life getting shouted at by a guy with anger problems and no forehead? And put in a position where you'd have to either kill some schlub who's fundamentally no different from you, save being born in another country, or be killed by him? Human nature being what it is, the need for a military is never going to go away, but that more and more people are seeing the need to question it is a good thing.

[Walamagicc]

Actually no. I would never join the military. Not interested in that at all..

[CapnHawk]

I wouldn't say the military is crappy, but it is different.

[WesBrewer]

I don't know that is what I am trying to figure that out as well, since I am thinking of joining in order to not have to take out loans for college.

[legalboxers]

I tried a year after I left HS. But got a medical disq.

[In_Trance]

Wars should be financed by GoFundMe and fought by those that cheer for it

[GAGSucksBalls1]

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