• FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, and if you ever ask a vet what they did, unless they’d been to literal war, they’re going to tell you that they were basically just put in charge of stocking a broom closet and were bored 95% of the time.

    Edit: just want to add that I do respect the military, and if anyone wants to tell me why I’m wrong, I’d love to hear lol

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      19 hours ago

      One of my call center buddies was in charge of receiving requests for freight transport and asking his NCO to approve them. His NCO say directly behind him. So he’d stare at a computer screen until a request came in, turn around, ask for approval which would be framed, then turn back around and click the approve button.

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      21 hours ago

      My mom was a mechanic in the army and never got deployed. For her mandatory four years, she just fixed trucks in the day and got wasted with other mechanics at night. She says it was a job, not actual service. She doesn’t consider herself a veteran because she didn’t do jack shit.