Current Events > Isnt it creepy the military goes after 18 years for recruitment?

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I mean, they want naive young minds that are easier to influence into making a decision that could ruin their lives...or be less profitable than if they just got a job or went to community College.

*18 year olds

Creepy the same way people get scared of bugs?
Don't you mean like deplorable or shameful or underhanded or something?

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Creepy the same way people get scared of bugs?
Don't you mean like deplorable or shameful or underhanded or something?

presumably tc is deliberately using language that is often used for predatory sexual behaviors with the intent of drawing a comparison between the military and the harvey weinsteins of the world.

They would start younger if they could

It's not called the Infantry for nothing.

I got the idea to join probably right at or before I turned 17 <_<

But am I wrong? Is the military not ultra predatory when they go to high schools for recruitment? Isn't that creepy as fuck

Yeah, they groom and prey on vulnerable people to get them to join.

Not really, the military is a career like any other, not everything in the military is about storming Normandy and being in combat.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/8/AASODOAAD5Mu.jpg

The military markets to teenagers, particularly those in poorer school districts, because the armed services need a large population, and the sooner young people join, the more likely they are to stay and build a career.
According to the government, 184,000 personnel must be recruited into the Armed Forces each year to replace those who complete their commitment or retire.

Younger than 18. These guys post up at highschools, preying on 15-17 year olds to enlist once they graduate. They come set up a pull-up bar and have challenges and stuff. They send these roided up dudes to make it look really cool like that could be you if you join. If you show a little bit of interest they never stop bugging you. I told one of em I was interested only if they paid for my college and graduate school, and he literally called me like once a month just to check in and see if I was interested and stuff. Eventually I told him to fuck off.

Dan_Haren- posted...

Younger than 18. These guys post up at highschools, preying on 15-17 year olds to enlist once they graduate. They come set up a pull-up bar and have challenges and stuff. They send these roided up dudes to make it look really cool like that could be you if you join. If you show a little bit of interest they never stop bugging you. I told one of em I was interested only if they paid for my college and graduate school, and he literally called me like once a month just to check in and see if I was interested and stuff. Eventually I told him to fuck off.

But Leonardo dicraprio and Chris Evans are creepy for dating women old enough to buy alcohol

I took the ASVAB in high school just to get out of three hours' worth of classes, scored a 98 or 99, and didn't stop getting emails and shit from recrooters until I was most of the way through college.

Could be worse honestly, at least we haven't been conscripting people in the past few decades.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I took the ASVAB in high school just to get out of three hours' worth of classes, scored a 98 or 99, and didn't stop getting emails and shit from recrooters until I was most of the way through college.

Yeah, you'd have a pick of any MOS in any branch lmao

Doesn't mean you'd enjoy it but you could literally pick any entry level job and you'd never have to worry about being restricted from opportunities based on your line scores.

Vyrulisse posted...

Not really, the military is a career like any other, not everything in the military is about storming Normandy and being in combat.

This.
For some people the military are prolly the best thing for them. It teaches them structure, routine, and discipline.

baiken2 posted...

But Leonardo dicraprio and Chris Evans are creepy for dating women old enough to buy alcohol

It's usually time to stop using the internet when you hear that hypocrisy

its creepier that tthey are allowed in damn near ever high school to recruit

Halo478 posted...

its creepier that tthey are allowed in damn near ever high school to recruit

Might be time for you to step back

Vyrulisse posted...

Not really, the military is a career like any other, not everything in the military is about storming Normandy and being in combat.

Yep. Off the top of my head I've known people who's jobs in the military included; an engineer, infantry, programmer, a cook, an airplane mechanic, running the print shop on base, and dispatch/communications for an airforce base.

And of that one infantry member, I had more guns pointed at me delivering pizzas than he did on deployment.

It's basic military strategy.

"Get 'em while young in impressionable."

Alot easier to glam up military life outside mom/dad's house when you still an optimistic adolescent.

Chicken posted...

They would start younger if they could

ROTC is just military grooming

VampireCoyote posted...

ROTC is just military grooming

Damn

Anything older and people already have a life set up and aren't gonna want throwing it all away to go be deployed. 18 is the only age that makes sense

Lol they went to my school at like 16 at least.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Lol they went to my school at like 16 at least.

Yeah, they were after me to sign a contract when I was 17.

But I was always repelled by uniformity and macho BS.

In any case, to answer the question in the OP, the Empire doesnt maintain and expand itself. It needs a constant supply of fresh bodies to do so. In that way, its the same as capitalism.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Lol they went to my school at like 16 at least.

I remember going to a 'Join the Army' thing at like 14 or 15 lmao.

They start at 17 with parental consent

I remember a recruiter coming to my house when I was in high school to try and get me to join. They were in my high school trying to recruit people to join when they were 18. ROTC was formed just to start them early. I remember ROTC at my school would sometimes do a performance at assemblys to show their discipline as a way to promote.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/2/4/AAUg1tAAD5o8.jpg

I'd call it disgusting myself.

Preying on young people to go die, often needlessly, and then throwing them out on the streets with trauma afterwards. Forgotten and ignored.

Yvan eht nioj!
https://youtu.be/nH8Vpei_UpQ

baiken2 posted...

But am I wrong? Is the military not ultra predatory when they go to high schools for recruitment? Isn't that creepy as fuck

If only more parents knew that they can opt their kids out of recruitment.
https://edlaw4students.com/military-records-release/

My older child starts high school next year, I am going to submit a letter to keep my kids info out of the hands of recruiters.

edit, once the kid turns 18, they have to submit a letter themselves to keep their info away from recruiters.

I feel like they also targeted "Army Of One" or whatever military ads on channels with teen audiences.

You could watching WWF Raw then it goes to commercial and all of a sudden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNmKhlw4TAw

CoD and similar games don't get brought up enough in these discussions

Can't the same be said about colleges and applying for jobs in general?
Like literally the moment you're about to graduate from highschool, you get bombarded by job fairs, invitations to college campuses...

mustachedmystic posted...

Yvan eht nioj!
https://youtu.be/nH8Vpei_UpQ

That's not the Navy's recruitment ad. This is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGuy0jievs

AAAAaaaaand... in the Navy, you get to be called Seaman.

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But more seriously, the military is a pretty good deal. You get your college tuition paid for. You get a GI bill for more college after you get out.

And you are trained to do a job that, if you aren't in the infantry or armor, has civilian world applications. So there's no need for unpaid internships.

Plus, you are paid for all that... and you have free medical care. Mostly crap medical care, but for a young person that doesn't need much of it, it's better than the civilian alternative.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I took the ASVAB in high school just to get out of three hours' worth of classes, scored a 98 or 99, and didn't stop getting emails and shit from recrooters until I was most of the way through college.

I took it as SAT / ACT practice and scored a 99. I briefly toyed with the idea of doing college ROTC for free college and stipend, but couldnt find an area of concentration that sounded like what I wanted to do.

I wish I had done that and maybe put 20 years in.

I always loved that video, so camp!
https://youtu.be/MWNWYdSHGSQ