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TheAccursedHamster
And stop saying they're "defending the country". If you ever thought the likes of Afghanistan could conquer the US I've got a bridge to sell
andydotcom
fuckiloveboobsthough
where essplosion?
TisIChenoir
As an european, this is something that always struck me as weird and a bit creepy about the US. Support is important, worship is plain weird
TisIChenoir
And it seems that making people worship the military is a crutch to allow your gov not to care for the actual military personel.
BashBack
FromTheBeyond
Wow, knowing really is half the battle!
positiveleroy
AND NOW YOU KNOW.
ImSorryFriend
https://imgur.com/BF0heCd
Shitheid
SirDawby
Military worship is how we also end up not being able to afford such basic things other countries have like education and healthcare.
gorillaClutch
My best friend in the world was in the military. He's like a brother to me. He joined because his life had no direction or opportunities.
gorillaClutch
Hes also a giant asshole and in no way a hero.
Virus322
Had a friend in the army. Got through one deployment and came home. He would use his veteran status to get as many free drinks at the bar
Virus322
as he could. When it inevitably stopped working he started trying to fight everyone. Ended up puking all over himself and passing out in
Virus322
the gutter. Like face first into the dirty ass rain water in the gutter. Found out much later her was deployed to some kind of guard post
Virus322
in Japan or something. But hoo boy the way he talked you'd think he was in the shit daily.
Pigswithstripes
As an austrian where war and military is kinda despised I don't understand at all why military should be worshiped.
LychFinderGeneral
Americans perceive military personnel as people who have declared themselves willing to die for them. That's the best I can explain it.
CheekyDogLadyAlwaysUpvotesDeanWinchester
Propaganda. We've been trained for generations.
ProblematicYeeting
I know quite a bit of military personnel and I gotta say most are not very bright. Lots of messed up shit happens in there.
SigilLovesSpace
Fianceé's ex's father was in, and the story she brings up whenever the topic is about is that he had to pull his gun on his buddy to 1/
SigilLovesSpace
Get him to sit still. Like, was legit given the order to pull it and keep it aimed at him. They had to pull shrapnel from his leg.
ProblematicYeeting
One dude tried to kill himself by eating random things, one dude got raped by another dude and couldn't get the report to be taken seriously
ProblematicYeeting
Lots of kids who joined bc they dont know what else to do. Horrible conditions too. Bed bugs in the bunkers
ChickenROAR
Bed bugs? Try black mold. Medical had to get involved with that shit, because housing is full of lazy undertrained peons.
ProblematicYeeting
Yeeep those old ww2 bunkers they use for barracks nowadays are gross.
MOTHERFUCKING
Asbestos, contaminated water, not to mention the various carcinogens I'm exposed to on a daily basis. Totally healthy, no worries.
immoral0
I came back from Iraq and was quartered in housing that had been deemed unsafe for families.... But it was just fine for single soldiers.
cyno01
Yeah, but we need the money they were going to spend on improvements to that for a wall.
ahorseelbowdeepinme
My car broke down onthe side of the road one cold night. I was in uniform under the hood watching all the "support our troops" cars drive by
JohnnyOTSpot
"thank you for your service"
ahorseelbowdeepinme
akducks2
On the otherside of the coin I spent a year in college walking to school everyday (no car living off campus) in Fairbanks AK where temps /?
akducks2
Will hit -40. I was offered a ride about 10 times all my uniformed servicemen (couple of bases). No one else ever stopped 2/3
akducks2
I wasn’t hitch hiking and didn’t really expect people to stop and give me a ride just noticed those who did. 3/3
BrazilianThunderPanda
My cousin is in the Army & he hates people thanking him. He’s like “I’m from a tiny town in MT, I just wanted a job. I’m a cook not a hero.”
squintish
Can you even be a cook in the Army any more? I thought that was all contractors now.
BrazilianThunderPanda
No idea it’s what he told me a few years back
flarflarf
in the course of an old job i interviewed several hundreds of servicepeople about various things. 10% felt a calling to serve, 10% wanted
TheOneWhoWasLeft
Serve...whom? What?
flarflarf
a calling to serve their country. Basically some kids had better opportunities elsewhere but felt that they had some debt to repay or
flarflarf
calling to fulfill.
TheOneWhoWasLeft
It's weird logic to think that they're fulfilling anything at all by going into other countries and killing people there, tho, isn't it?
flarflarf
this was ... what, 2004 or so. So people could still be forgiven for thinking that we were actually fighting terrorism.
TheOneWhoWasLeft
Even weirder to think that American non-military people feel that any service at all has been done for them.
flarflarf
to kill and 80% felt the military was the best way out of whatever fucked up situation they were in at the time. Lots of people would try to
flarflarf
act like they were in the first or second 10% but if you pushed them, it comes out that they had to escape a fucked up home life or were
flarflarf
close to homeless, or whatever. This is just my 2¢ but its my view on it and I've talked to more servicepeople than most.
GilaMonsieur
Maybe people are usually motivated by more than one factor with decisions like that?
flarflarf
of course.
flarflarf
please note: joining the military because you needed a job is completely fine, and for a lot of people it's a great career. But we should
flarflarf
not have any delusions about the matter. They're no more heroes than the guy at Home Depot or the lady who does your taxes.
Scieron
As a disabled vet I don't mind respect for the military. But not at the cost of any less respect for any decent person who works hard.
Scieron
We're all in it together.
Gw2Nice
a reflective post about americas military culture~ good job
Chrondore
Kind of like nurses.. I respect what they do, and not a profession I could stomach everyday, but they don't do it for free. IT'S A JOB.
JustSomePersonThere
Nah dude the shit nurses put up with places them squarely in Hero territory.
siskoisbest
Seriously, how tf am I supposed to respond to "thank you for your service"?
morelikeconsham
Just respond with "That's not the only way I service," then eat a banana whole.
Copdecella
Username... checks out?
TheTruth1
Thanks for the support
JohnnyOTSpot
Better yet, someone instantly looks at me and thanks me for my service while completely ignoring my wife, who served longer than me.
prepeymad
Tellem they’re welcome and to enjoy their Hot Pockets
pip1
"Thank your for paying your taxes"? *shrug*
Iamyourcaptainnow
"Don't thank me. Thank the veterans by making sure they are properly cared for."
scribetree
Try “That’s what she said.”
wiltsjunk
finger guns
SophieClockwise
"Don't thank me. Thank the moon's gravitational pull."
dav3nasty
“My pleasure” or “thanks”. I get the hero worship. I don’t get the blatant hypocrisy with VA benefits being shit.
pandro
Seriously, when you joined you gave up personal freedom. Yes you have a desk job in the USA but they are allowed to send you to Antarctica 1
pandro
tomorrow if they feel like it. You have obligations to the military that I, a civilian contractor, do not have. No need to feel embarrassed.
dav3nasty
This. We don’t all have a desk job and we get paid shit. I’m okay with a thank you here and there. TBF I’m only still on for the Tricare 1/
ebonybutterfree
It’s awkward but I just reply with “thank you for your support.” I really dislike it when another vet says it to me.
Jonexe
Same, though half the time I only get through "thanks" before the person stopped paying attention.
PrisonMikeBiaatch
That's always what I would say. But just felt like empty words.
Leolol1
That last bit really drives it home. I think being patriotic and supporting the military is great, but it means jack-shit when our vets are-
Leolol1
- treated like crap and killing themselves in droves.
DangerousNoodle
My brother joined the Marines. Thought it would calm his attitude, made it worse and he's extremely cocky.
charliegrs
Why the hell did you think it would calm his attitude? Have you never met a marine?
MOTHERFUCKING
He'll get his shit pushed in eventually and learn that there's always a bigger dick in the room. No worries.
DangerousNoodle
He's already been honorably discharged, still cocky as hell. I barely speak to him now because of how pushy and negative he is.
MOTHERFUCKING
That sounds like someone with some baggage, or something really bothering them.
DangerousNoodle
Agreed.
Shoutrr
or he's just an asshole
oseo
Please take a moment to check that your voter registration is up-to-date or register for the first time at: https://www.vote.org
postman69
It's the propaganda machine that got to keep them enlisting.
Kliban
Our ideas about the purpose of the military, of religion, of govt, and more, are under rapid revision. It’s noisy and loud. And good.
CheeseB0t
It's awesome, isn't it. I wish more were able to see it
prepeymad
Amen
lDanielHolm
You shouldn't worship anyone, really.
lDanielHolm
That is, any living person. If you want to revere a deity, by all means. But worshipping *people* is... weird.
thenetvines
LOL you made Vietnam vets addicted to drugs, and watched them rot in the streets, thank you for your service, I feel so American rn buddy.
UserSubHunterOfIndeterminateGender
Joining the military is one of the only ways for a poor desperate kid to get a job that will let them retire.
Cr4zyC4tLady
I love how people are downvoting you, they don’t get that if you start out poor, your chance to find real true change is almost nil!
Haemaelaeinen
And to thing how the system is designed like that,to feed the war money machine.
Rhyuji
vet here=I don't want your thanks..I just don't want to have to jump through hoops dealing with the VA when I try to get treatment/meds
Navrodel
The vets in my family all told me one thing: the best way you can thank a vet is by making as few of them as possible.
RizzolDiver
This needs to be said more. I'm from a family of vets, and everyone of us agrees on this point.
4forensicExpertsSayHiToEveryoneWhoHasBeenWorkingHard
Keep dreaming
Jaynecobb7
what about beer... do you want beer?
Sketchanie
Not a vet, but someone who hasn't been able to find work for about 5 months now: fucking hell why do I have to fight for my right for 1/2
Sketchanie
healthcare? I'm fucking trying to be productive but it's kinda hard when I don't have my fucking diabetes medication and can't afford 2/3
Sketchanie
a doctor visit to prescribe that very much needed diabetic medication. 3/3
Aulophobia1
The VA is a fucking nightmare
RADICALFREEDOM
If I had a dollar for every time I gave up on treatment because it was too god damn difficult.
RizzolDiver
We could pay for the treatment we go through.
oodaloop2
Amen brother/sister
IPNBottles
I went out and got a job with healthcare benefits because I was tired of dealing with the VA. VA found out and took away disability pay.
banneduser2
NOn military guy here none of us civies want you going without medical services
LiberalWASPsProtectSocietysVirtue
Don't forget about flag worship. You arseholes are bat-shit crazy about your feckin' flag and whether it's burned or touches the ground.
CheekyDogLadyAlwaysUpvotesDeanWinchester
Propaganda. We've been trained for generations that our flag represents those who died for our freedom. It's considered blasphemy to 1/2
CheekyDogLadyAlwaysUpvotesDeanWinchester
disrespect it. I think it's shit personally. 2/2
technicalfool
And yet it's the UK where you stand a chance of literally being arrested for setting light to a pretty cloth. Glass houses, stones, etc.
rshini
they don't have a daily school ritual to say oaths of loyalty to a flag, which imho as an American is the really creepy part.
GlebReawer
For how many years do they do this?
rshini
elementary to middle school in all areas, high school for most (so ending at 19)
MidLifeChrysler
The biggest pieces of shit I ever met in my life were career Army. Usually officers.
TheCapedCommentator
snakeksssksss
As Non American, this is what we think about y'all.
GilaMonsieur
Finally, someone who can speak for ~7.3 billion people, and with such a massive consensus, there's no need to question it
MrStealYogurt
Hahaha
cancerriddenlung
The jingoism is real.
adobada
"extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy" - Didn't know there was a word for this, thanks
cancerriddenlung
Oh yeah... there's a word for it.
Doritosaurus
Non-Americans say "y'all"? I did not know that. Where areu you from, fella?
snakeksssksss
I travelled through America some time ago, I took a liking to the word. NZ.
SeyserKoze
I'm non American and I say "y'all" bacause we have different words for plural and singular 'you'. It's weird for me saying inexact 'you'.
eddas
A lot of languages have a word for plural you that differs from singular you. So y'all is an approximate colloquial translation of it.
pandro
Um. Back in the 1960s-70s returning Vietnam vets got treated like shit by the "woke" public against the war. As if these guys chose it. 1/
pandro
Our collective guilt is what has brought on this "worship" - to appreciate soldiers and not blame them for where they are sent. 2/
pandro
This attitude sprang into being for Desert Storm/Kuwait in ... 1992? Unfortunately the US seized this as a "mandate" from the people 3/
pandro
endorsing whatever stupid war they start. Anyone protesting the war was painted as anti-soldier. Iraq wore out any patience we had with 4/
pandro
gov't idiots. Awareness that wars benefit corporations is rising. Hopefully we can stop this shit. "Bringing democracy" to poor countries 5)
nicfletcherdotphoto
If you're in another country your not defending. You're invading.
Sauroctonus
Yeah, it has to be an insanely intense war for entering the enemy's country to be defence.
postman69
Especially if that country is rich in oil or the first country in heroin production.
SmellySloth
They're defending corporate interests!
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Our country *is* corporate interests.
wheredoisign
agreed. an exception may be disaster relief, when invited and for less than a month.
FerrousBuehler
12 Marines just picked up for drug and human trafficking at the Mexico border.
AquariumLife
VS how many civilians?
TinyLiehon
True heroes. America needs access to cheap drugs and it can be a safe haven for those seeking refuge
boomfelazi
Washington crossing the Rio Grande with a boat full of Central Americans
MANIAKZACK
Maybe they thought they were grabbing white crayons?
sorosfieldops
The CIA is using marines for that now? Sad times.
JackalopeElope
First to fight for right and freeeeeedom and to keep our honor clean, well we're of to do some shady shit, because we've got some leave.
eggmuffin
Again.
30Jonseredi
Man, the world would collapse without these brave americunt soldiers!
somepersondoingsomethings
So clever there.
30Jonseredi
Thanks. If anyone missed it: the joke is that it wouldn't collapse
oyskin
Got a link for it? If not, maybe Don winslow will tweet it.
GotBannedForPostingAYoutubeLink
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/09/20/13-marines-charged-with-offenses-related-to-alleged-human-smuggling-operations/
FerrousBuehler
Because looking it up your goddamn self is just so hard!
oyskin
Fucking retards with their claims, denying to provide a source, but have the time to tell numerous people to "foogle it". Suck a dick.
FerrousBuehler
Not my fault you're lazy bitch that needs their hand held. The age of information and you can't use. I get all my news on imgur! Don't vote
oyskin
You get all your news on imgur, makes statements and deny to provide a source. You're a dick and a retard dude.
Aardvarksneedlove
Thank you for your service
2kidsonewife
Ummm, former Marines sir.
eggmuffin
I am always told by Americans that there is no such thing.
swattyKnotts
Any ex-Marine will tell you there's no such thing as an ex-Marine ;)
BitchButcher
So he will deny his existence?
GlowingKira
I am curious, source?
FerrousBuehler
Source, paying attention.
GotBannedForPostingAYoutubeLink
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/09/20/13-marines-charged-with-offenses-related-to-alleged-human-smuggling-operations/
prepeymad
Floogle it
Virus322
Will Google work or can the stories only be found on Floogle?
sallystrutwellMD
It’s a floogle exclusive
Virus322
Fine, but if I have to turn off uBlock I'm going to come back and write a sternly worded comment.
HipHopSaint
Such brave heroes!
kctrainmechformallykcbusmech87
Not making excuses but these guys are badly paid, for what they do, fallible human beings put in a position that they can easily take-
WhatSchwaMeansToMe
Which just further shows that the "worship" is hollow.
kctrainmechformallykcbusmech87
Advantage of, what were the higher ups expecting?