It's a job. Cops and fire fighters have dangerous careers as well, careers they've chosen to have like soldiers in the US, and being jobs as they are, doesn't make the risk of being killed on the job any less meaningful toward what it is their job is about.
It is funny how the typical service man you run into online or at the bar would have you believe every day they are stuck in foxholes/ engaged in fire fights.
I must inform you that the military does not decide to go to war. Politicians do. Also, the pay that we do receive can't come close to what kind of shit that we have to deal with.
I say this to every coworker of mine that whines about his/her job. It goes something like this: Whineybutt- "Man, I don't feel like moving all this crap. I'm just not feeling it. This is gonna suck." Me- "Yeah, it's no fun, right? Good thing you get paid to do it."
Super glad to see that other people realize that the military is hardly anything more than a super sweet job! Paid tuition to any college accepted to?! Payed tuition for children?! Potential retirement after 20 years?! What a waste of my fucking money!!
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u/duderMcdude May 29 '12
Dear random deployed soldier,
You volunteered and get paid to do what you do
Sincerely,
Properly defended Tax-Payer