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[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

35k AND a job? What's the 35k for then? Or does he think it's great to have a job in itself?

Btw going pew-pew on brown kids is not a job

[–] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Likely an enlistment bonus, some enlistment bonuses can get fairly large.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Oh that's at least that

[–] Haywire@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The career warfighters I have met seem to think their job is to keep everyone as safe as possible, with the enemy being kept slightly less safe.

There are many in upper levels that see things differently.

It's like you people forget there is a world outside of Iraq.