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[–] 78 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Wait till you hear what the biggest attraction of the US Military is...

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  • [–] 31 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    It's to get the hell out of middle of nowhere dead end towns. At least that was the draw when I was in, as well as my cousins, and father.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    If your father did it and you ended up joining for that reason... then maybe it wasn't really effective?

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    He got the hell out of Marietta Georgia, and managed to buy land in Indiana. We also have a history of being in the Navy since well before the country was founded.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Are you saying one of your ancestors was a turncoat?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Technically yes. Rev. David Rice. He sold most of The Virginia Colony and raised 1.5 million pounds of silver, which he gave to his good friends Tom, Ben, and Jim to help fund the US Army and US Navy. IIRC the exchange rate at the time was 4 or 5 British Pounds to a pound of silver.

    I'm certain the British consider him a traitor to the crown.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Maybe if someone enlisted long enough to get the GI bill for education and used it things would be different, but if one only does short military time and leaves with no further self-improvement the odds of being better off financially probably aren’t great.

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