• bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
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    27 天前

    I worked as a civilian for the army for 30 years. So yes, don’t enlist. They use you up then discard you like soiled toilet paper. It’s always kind of been that way.

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      27 天前

      I’m married to a Navy veteran I know :( they recruited him at 17, that shouldn’t be allowed imo, manipulating little kids to feed the meat grinder.

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        If you survive intact and make it to retirement, or just transition to civil servant, it’s one of the best pension plans available.

        But it’s the surviving part that’s tough. I was GS and crawled away on my hands and knees after reaching my 30 years. I really wondered if i would make it the last couple of years. So glad to be out.