4 Reasons Nobody is Joining the Military 

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Could be because the democrats put a lot of pork in the bill that had nothing to do with helping veterans.

YOU DID NOT MENTION THE TEN'S OF THOUDAND WHO ARE BEING KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY FOR REFUSING THE JAB

it's solely because we don't want to fight Israels wars in the Middle east when they spy on us and work against americans censoring them. Second, they just fired a whole bunch of military people over Vaccines and Trump. If they weren't Winning in Ukraine nobody would join.

I feel that. That is by far the biggest reason i got out. Its that toxic idea of when things are not proficient or effective or anything else of that nature, you are hit with the "thats just the way it is" or "its your job so deal with it" instead of taking simple steps to fix a simple problem

Exactly. Sure they pay for your rent but the place they have you stay in is awful and you have no sense of privacy

Toxic leadership were the exact words my son used to describe his NCOs. He fully wanted to make it a career.

Toxic leadership can get an entire platoon killed

Which is why I'm getting out at the end of my contract. 🤷🏽‍♂️

couldnt have said it better.

@MV or afganistan

Fighting a war like WW2 makes more sense, I hate war but if I had to I would willingly enlist in the US army for a war like WW2. But for going to a random foreign country because the government doesn't like how their civil war is going? no thanks.

Maybe not a system but more to stay from being invaded and protecting our families cuz if we don’t go drafting will happen and ppl we love are going to go. So basically we go so nobody else has to and live there comfortable life.

@@lorenzomata6080 To be fair we were helping the legitimate Afghanistan government regain control, America did it, then two decades later it went right back to the same in a couple months.

No. The last thing they want is more patriots in the military. Especially since they'd keep their training and still have their own guns at home when they finish their term of service. It is a nightmare for tyrants.

​@@midgetydeathMore like training dangerous people like drug dealers would threaten the lives of politicians. Protest is fine. Armed retaliation is a problem to the state.

​@midgetydeath Lmao you think everyone in the military is a "patriot"?

​@TehKaiser you know most protests have involved force right? And are only a sign or civil unrest>revolution/civil wars to come if the tensions increase. The basis of any country today has involved revolutions or civil wars... and they still go on even now. And if the population increases to the point most protest a cause... and peaceful protesting doesn't work, armed retaliation will be used...once again like always.

Exactly, especially the fact that they can get their kids college waivers

That's their fault 😂

Meanwhile, illegal aliens are put up in hotels.

Yeah it is their fault

And the other two comments prove why joining is a fool’s errand. People will judge you for being ruined by war.

​@hismajesty6272 fair enough. You're bombing innocent people in distant lands because of politicians and corporations interests, what do you expect?

Don’t forget how much heroin we got on the streets and how little pain meds are legally dispensed

A enemy you created. Ask kissinger aka Mister "I would do it again"

bingo

We lost Vietnam and we didn't see the same reaction.

That’s the issue with fighting insurgents, it’s not that good of a sales pitch and you’re fighting with small squads rather than massive battalions.

Yet you don’t serve in for the shitty government. Most of them are serving for the people only.

Our military is a vassal military to Israel.

MOST PEOPLE JOIN OUTTA DESPERATION (the economy and job market) GET USED TO IT AND QUIT KIDDING YOURSELF..

​@richardalvarado-ik9br why are you yelling? Nobody is disagreeing with you. Calm down.

@@33ZackG That's clearly not the case, how about you check those reup #'s from 2008 and 2009 when the economy tanked? The pandemic was a boon for young people to get a job because many boomers retired in 2020 and 2021.. So I guess as a 21 yr old today is why should I sign up for a job that could put me in harms way? Sure I'll have to work for Amazon, Target, or Walmart for $17.00, but at least I won't get shot at or come home with half my face missing.

The thing is though, barracks soldiers are treated the worst and get way more dumped on them than people with kids due to favoritism towards you. It's basically a double edged sword. You're screwed either way.

This is why I detest US politics, they're greedy and do nothing but undermine their enemies all whilest neglecting the needs of their people.

my condolences

Can you die from PTSD???

@@kingkoi6542 you can die from PTSD if you commit suicide, also because of the constant stress associated with PTSD you can probably develop heart problems.

Most people serving in are not serving for the government. You’ll meet a lot off them that dislike the government. They’re mostly doing it only for the money and opportunities that they’ll get afterwards. They’re also serving for the people only and no one else. That’s the REAL government right there.

I don’t think anyone joins the military purely for the money… but good on you for choosing a flourishing career

28 , I believe I can’t be drafted now! I’ll feel bad if there’s ever a draft in the younger generation!

@@demun6065 I don’t know if you’re replying to me or this guy. But that’s true. But sometimes people do join because they feel like the military pays better than other useless civilian jobs. But yeah, you’re right for that too. Regardless, fuck these hippies.

Good for you but you're just not the right person to join unlike me who just wants to serve my country

I like shells

yeah i’m tryna fight for gazprom

@@stcaesar at least they are not hypocripts

I did. Exxon Mobil. I guess it depends on what MOS you sign up for...

Try going a day without using a single product that does not involve petroleum in it's manufacture and/or delivery. Our way of life would crumble without it. So ya, it's worth fighting for.

Correct

my buddy is marine who was in around 2011ish and he told me they mostly just guarded poppy fields and oil... were some dudes out there killing bad guys? Of course, but it was navy seals and rangers and delta not the average enlisted. They were guarding the money...

Not really wars of convenience, more like wars over money. And not even money that the general population would ever see, just the 1%. Hard to get excited about that.

You won't have to go back, the war's coming home.

Unless you were a pj or some other AFSOF unit you weren't really "risking your life" to begin with. Sorry not sorry🤷🏾‍♂️

Be glad you weren't enlisted. The pay is even worse, and so is the quality of life. Officers do have some advantages, but I'm smart enough to know it's still the military, and you certainly had more responsibility. A drunk E4 could have ruined your career in the wrong circumstances. I got ou as an E6 , Navy. I was just starting to get more in leadership roles and was getting more insight on what actually happens higher up in the chain of command. It took years to get up there. The same drunk E4 that took you down would have run me over, too. A lot of juniors don't quite get that. I liked the middle leadership, though. Not low enough to get all the shifty work, not high enough for the extra responsibilities. Again, I'm glad my time came and went. I'm 100% disabled now with PTSD. I am also a cancer survivor from the pit fires in the first gulf war. My health is not so good.

Thank You for Your Service Capt. But I wouldn't either

@@barbaramatthews4735dang bro respect

For me as an European wokeness would be a big reason. Not wokeness in the army, but knowing that my countries government actively scapegoats me.

wokeness is a big part though, when you fight for something you dont believe in , you are a mercenary not a hero

​@@user-hf6go4se6m you are delusional. Wake up.

It was the last straw for many. It shows they are willing to dance any tune to achieve their recruiting targets. Too bad the people they tried to cater to how very well what the army truly stands for. It was their "how do you do, fellow kids" moment.

​@@user-hf6go4se6m You'll have to elaborate

Jon Steward has been making waves on that for years and may have had an impact.

ya also a country that pushes of anti-white sentiment in every facet of our culture you know whites the ones who make up the majority of the people who to choice to volunteer to join the military i cant believe that aren't willing to die for a country that loves them so much, talk about ungrateful

The ironic part is our veterans are treated far better than previous generations ever were, and it's still subpar.

And they nitpick over petty things like stubble on the face, which is really annoying. Some stress is understandable, but the military is just needlessly stressful. For people who are willing to put their lives on the line, soldiers deserve respect.

@@independentvoter8710 Because they might need to wear gas or fire masks at a moments notice. Being attacked, shit blowing up and catching fire is part of the job. Do you understand. I'm not being funny.

Whenever I hear the words "defend the nation" my immediate response is "from whome?"

Vet myself and I can’t help but see how we always try to copy the Roman Empire model when it’s in direct contrast to the American founding fathers. The Roman argument for enlistment was, “You give up your freedom for security” when one of our own founding father’s Benjamin Franklin famously said, “If you give up liberty for security, you’ll get neither and you’ll deserve neither.”-Which is where most vets like myself find themselves after serving. You lost all freedom when you signed your life away to a contract more beholden than a student loan where you’ll end your career in military prison if you rebel, and you lost all security when you placed yourself in the cross fire of a foreign destabilized region and our special interest owners. It doesn’t matter if our troops imagine they have morals, because at the end of the day with the chain of command-the ones wielding this GOD-LIKE power over who lives and who dies are all rich A holes in Washington that make sure to keep the entire lower ranked military both Pennywise and pound foolish.

BINGO. Marine veteran here. I get so tired of people that say the military “defends our freedom”. If that were true, they’d be occupying Capitol Hill and driving out the nest of vipers that use the peoples house as a whore house. When “president” Biden used Marines in dress blues for his infamous speech with the red background in which he painted half the country with a broad brush and denigrated us, yeah, no. Never again would I raise my right hand and swear an oath to this government.

What unit did you serve in?

You sound like a real Commie. I bet your 2 moms are proud.

Empires fight outside their borders, give citizenship to migrants and they would have millions the next day

That's called war weariness. 20 years of war will do that. Wars we didn't exactly win either.

Honestly there's also the idea that the genral USA citzent is way more cognizant that other countries don't like USA very much, mostly due forging policy. *Srughs* it's a reall problem for all institutions really.

Yeah agreed. I was sent to Iraq during the first rotation in after the invasion. The Army thought Iraq was gonna be another Kosovo/Bosnia style peace keeping mission. So most of the units that rotated in with mine didn't have armored vehicles. My unit was supposed to go in during the invasion from the North through Turkey. Instead Turkey pulled out at the last minute. So our stuff sat on the boat. So we went in will all our tanks brads and heli's. When the insurgency kicked off my unit was one of the few that was actually ready hardware wise. The Iraqi's stopped being friendly to us when they figured out we weren't leaving. We went from being the liberators of Iraq to the Crusades all over again in their eyes. Afghanistan and Iraq were both pointless and wasteful wars. Where the only winners were those selling weapons and supplies to the pentagon. All of us soldiers knew the war was wrong. We should have never been in that country to begin with. Bomb the pants off Saddam sure. But never put boots on the ground in a Muslim nation. That was pure idiocy.

@@irish7460 The purpose of those wars wasn't to win anything, it was just to keep the Military Industrial Complex get its paycheck so the longer they go the better. Remember to sign up to die for Israel.

@@Soulessdeeds We were the ones who put Saddam there, we were the ones who trained Al'Quaeda. Our Intelligence agencies are working for God knows whose interests but it certainly isn't America. Same with our "ruling class", they send us to wars that destroy our own economy "bombing the hell off Saddam" instead of building up our own nation. We need a French Revolution in this nation. That's why I voted for Trump, the political class and the globalists who own the media and most corpos are clearly our enemy.

“Doesn’t serve them” is a bit of a stretch though.

@@TobbeStorm either you’re getting paid or naive. No excuse for you.

@@TobbeStorm Then you sign up to have Russians turn you into dust in the Donbas, hero.

>A gov that doesn't respect the constitution >Is figure-headed by someone that can be outsmarted by a rock >Has left its allies to die >Has left its own soldiers to die >Has armed terrorists and gangsters countless times >Isn't just apathetic, but is openly hostile toward its tax payers >Is immensely wasteful >Has all but destroyed this once glorious economic powerhouse >Sends money overseas while ignoring the issues of ghettos, homelessness, drugs, mental illness, crime and prisoner torture and abuse >Often shills for one of our most powerful adversaries, the CCP >Has turned the MSM into an echo chamber of lies >Is complicit with the eventual loss of U.S. sovereignty, submits to the will of haughty globalists

Thats the fault of Republicans

Thank you for your service.

I wasn’t accepted and after rooming in college with an ex ranger, I’m glad I wasn’t.

This is the same for academia lol

@@urumomaos2478Agreed

By that logic nobody would ever find a job anywhere, but I get your point.

@@PsychicWars If my employer told me to fight a war on their behalf I'd frag 'em.

"use you for their ends" ur in the military dude.

When I was in basic training I saw a recruit be dishonourably discharged. What had he done? He'd believed the captain in charge of his barracks about 'my door is always open.' He wrote a letter complaining about how he was being treated, how it wasn't what he'd been led to expect. Fine, so maybe he wasn't a good fit from the start. However, to dishonourably discharge him told every other recruit to trust they would be screwed over.

Should have kept your ass out the recruiting office . Don’t cry about it now . All you can do is stop future idiots from joining.

Number 4 really hits, I’m not a vet but I have my sister who’s in there, who trying to leave, and plenty of people I know who have came and left disappointed. Those people, the billionaires, politicians, and other people at the top, have everything they could ask for. Yet they send you off to die, to later discard you, and leave you with nothing for your efforts, broken and betrayed. Why die for a politician who doesn’t deserve it ,and wouldn’t even toss you a single dollar if you needed it? Why put your body through so much pain and rigorous training when the who you are trying to protect, don’t care for their own workers, their own “rats,” their own soldiers, all of those people under them who do way more work and actually care for others? Why ruin your mind, go out to return with PTSD that will haunt your life, if those people who enough money to solve all the worlds problems won’t even pitch in for your therapy? The answer is simple, just don’t at this point. These men and women at the top are greedy, heartless, and lost in their own self obsession. They forgot that we are human and have needs and desires as well. Once it bites them in the back there is a slim chance they will start giving instead of only receiving . Sorry this got a little long, there are so many problems in the USA that the government should be spending more time and money to fix. But the people in power don’t care about the country, they care about themselves. Gets me goin every time. God bless you man and I hope your doing alright. Have a good one 🫶🏾❤️🫶🏾

My mother had to personally deal with 2 and 3. She was lucky enough to get a job with health benefits when she got home while my grandparents looked after me and my sister while she was gone.

My god that’s horrible.. hopefully they’ll receive the medical help that they needed..

My god that’s horrible.. hopefully they’ll receive the medical help that they needed..

My god that’s horrible.. hopefully they’ll receive the medical help that they needed..

Keep speaking! That's the real heroic action ❤️ Thank you for the truth.

I am a USMC veteran who, if you can believe their own admitted dates, missed the Camp LeJeune water contamination by one year, but my own medical issues and continued problems with dealing with the VA and it's far sub-standard medical care and totally screwed up disability rating system along with the current political climate and the USMC re-organization efforts by the new Commandant, have me recommending anyone against serving today. I could write a book about how bad the VA is but I still have pride in my own service I just wouldn't tell anyone the reward is worth the risk involved when your standard of life is so low afterward and the government absolutely sh*ts all over you the whole time.

Only if you have two moms and live on the coast these days...

Your family was involved in invasions destruction destabilization of other countries and killing thousands and thousands of people

@@Arendvdvenk 💀

​@@Arendvdvenkwut?

Your answer was the most straightforward

Came here to say this.

It depends on your career field and what branch you join. There are jobs in the miltiary where you rarely see combat, although there is always the possibility of deploying to a combat zone. Vietnam was different because that was before the all-volunteer force and many of the veterans who were drafted were in combat career fields.

Why join the army and get sent to fight a war for a bunch of rich people who couldn't give a 💩 about you?????

@@steverichards7163 All I'm saying is there's other jobs where it doesn't really feel like you're fighting. There are office jobs in the military too that are non-combat. And you still get the benefits.

@@steverichards7163I’m serving for the regular US citizens. No one else. Enough said.

He must have been old the VA isn’t the best but it still helps

YES!

I wish the previous generations did something so I could go back to where I came from #Afghanrefugee. People really should appreciate that wars are now fought for dominance so that resources can be exploited in the benefit of a few. They never fought to save the Afghans from the Afghans...

Bro. I spent four years with busted legs, refusing to get on profile, passing all my PT tests so that I could impress my NCOs and do my highly skilled aviation job, but the same dirtbag E6 kept putting his buddies into my slot based on how cool they looked, or what sports teams they liked. My fifth year in, I just stopped showing up to work, and got the E6 fired. The unit was restructured, but by then it was too late, my contract was coming to an end and they'd just been stringing me along until I came up on orders, so I did everything I could to get my medboard option back, and got tf out.

Well said!!

I agree with the last statement! If these politicians and businessmen want war so badly, they need to send " their"kids or better yet, do it themselves!

"Well, most of the kids that are graduating from high school can’t read or right..." Good lord son... Were you trying to be ironic? Would you like me to help you improve your writing skills? Are you sure that's the right spelling? You have a right to written humor my guy.

@@user-iu4wh1zs6t I was driving when I was watching this video and that was a voice text and it’s super irrelevant anyway and I seriously doubt you can help me with anything. I served 17 years in the United States Army. You can’t do anything for me 🤷🏽‍♂️

Look what Joe Biden did to Ukraine. Does anyone actually believe Joe cares about the dead soldiers?

ask Tommy Tuberville a former below average college football coach at Auburn in the 2000's

And knowing you're on you're own for the cost of prosthetics that are "More than we're able to give" (canadian specific jab at politicians), You kinda figure you're better of on your own when we get invaded too.

It's pretty fucking obvious that our government and economy does not serve us.

@@PorchBandit , universal health care is a scam.

Probably already know the reasons why but interested in how the conversation went if you don’t mind telling

I discovered my expectations didn't match reality, which is probably true of many would-be and actual military recruits. If you're going to potentially put your life on the line, you want yourself and your family to be treated better than "General Issue."

@@nj2mddude205 yeah, as former military you may always have to make drastic changes. Especially where you live, besides basic and AIT along with Airborne training I was 90% out of the country stationed in who knows where most of the time during my 7 years in. By the time I made a few friends and got accustomed to the country I would get shipped out somewhere else and had to start over again. Also missing every single major Holiday from family n friends took a toll for over 7 years. Obviously when it came time to re-enlist and I asked for guarantee time or duty station in the states they told me that they would see what could be done, but not include it in my contract. That’s pretty much saying your guaranteed to be overseas again in the furthest country from home. I said I’m done!

@@brwils3378 Yea, I'm guard so I haven't had to deal with that, but my unit is getting ready to deploy right as soon as I get out so they keep asking "Your going to re-up right?" And I'm like "We're probably heading back to a desert that on the tail end of my deployment (the last like 3 months) the average temperature during the day will be like 150 degrees, and I work in the kitchen so no, plus when I hurt my back l, back in basic and got a permanent back injury y'all didn't want to pay shit, and still declined my LOD so no I'm fucking done" they are finally understanding that I ain't coming back after I walk out those doors one last time.

Being retired military, what I hear in the comments is a lot of whining.

I got out back in '03 and it was the same bullshit then. Shirts tucked in while in civilian clothes, mandatory belt, if you had a 72 or 96 coming up and wanted to go somewhere, mandated vehicle inspections, I guess 'cause the valid state inspection sticker was bullshit, who knows. Zero life outside of work without someone who's bored and on a power trip fucking it up. Glad ya made it through man. Nobody can take that 214 from ya. 👍👍👍

I’m still in and it’s fucking worse… nothing has changed fucking letting retard officers run entire units and we ( lower enlisted) get fucked cleaning their mess.

better file your VA claim

I know 3 people who couldn’t wait to get out.

Thankyou for your service, brother. 👏🏽🇺🇸

Just like everything else in life, ‘You get out of it what you put into it.’ Whether high school, college, professional degrees, work, investments, etc. Unfortunately, toxic leadership is compounded by the Peter principle. However, absolutely NO civilian organization provides the camaraderie or close friendships that the military builds.

Ucmj is not in civilian life you can leave your civilian job but not the military

LOW Unemployment. When unemployment numbers go above 6% and hover there for longer than 6 months, the services will get their numbers of qualified candidates. When that number stays there for over a year and even increases a few points they will then drop bonuses and waivers for joining.

@@wanderinggeri8477 That's why they keep unemployment high .

@@Lightning613 Have you worked at every job on the civilian sector to know that not a single one of them doesn’t build camaraderie? This has to be one of the farthest reaching takes I’ve seen on RU-vid. This man has definitely drank the cool-aid.

I wish you the best and thank you for your service, but what are you doing man? You’re young and on the upswing. Don’t throw it away.

Did you get in?

Cannon fodder !

@Brian Daley as the descendant of 2 cavalleggero, a partisan, 1 chief medical Officer (italian on the side of the nazi), plus a few more i cant recall now, i am ashamed of your country just as much as mine, which doesnt even have the figure of the veteran, but at least our health system is much better (one of the best actually).

Not a vet but I work with them often in a medical capacity. Many are proud of their service and enjoy talking about the good old days. Others have ongoing health problems (want a ticket to a herniated back?), mental issues, families that fell apart and relationships ruined. It's important work, but also frustrating, boring, dangerous and then terrifying.

your value as a human being depends on the rank you wear

"Thank you for your service". 🤣🙄

They are full of shit , they don’t want to take people because of tattoos

Wow, that was very selfish of your brother. Well, probably for the best. Many real men were available, they didn't need people like that. I was serving on submarines in 2001. If I hadn't joined yet, I would have joined that day. I'm center left btw. Biden 2024.

​@@neutrino78x They wouldn't take him so he moved on. Is it selfish to seek another opportunity when one door has been slammed in your face? Should he have put his life on hold "just encase" Uncle Sam got desperate and was low on man power?

@@eviljoshy3402 "They wouldn't take him so he moved on. " That's not what you said at first. You sounded like he never considered the Armed Forces. "Should he have put his life on hold "just encase" Uncle Sam got desperate and was low on man power?" No, but you don't join the Armed Forces to get rich. You do it to serve your country. He could have put the other job aside and went to serve his country and go back to the civilian job later.

@@neutrino78x your a peanut

My time on an amphib carrier in deck dept boiled down to a four year juvenile detention center sentence at hard labor, except I didn’t do anything wrong. Mind this me saying this as a tough, patriotic kid who earned the navy good conduct medal, not some snowflake shit bag. The way they mistreated us and threw us under the bus was deplorable.

Herd that brother

And the fact that you don't understand how those two things are connected makes me glad you're leaving.

I've heard that about the navy from other sources too. That it's so far behind the times it isn't funny. While the air force is modernizing, and putting its pride/tradition at the wayside to innovate and modernize, the Navy is stuck in the past...

And trained to use pronouns now...

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You make some very good points!

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I wish I could give this more than 1like

Young people can get out of poverty through the military. They are the ones most likely to join. This won't change - I think!

Yep good way to put it.

THANK YOU, Cappy, for FINALLY talking about this!!! (2:15) So tired of hypocritical conservative military service people totally fine with THEIR stuff paid for, yet when it comes to the REST of the country, it's the middle finger... The VA and the average soldier needs more support. So tired of all these billions flowing to the Military Industrial Complex...

@@williamyoung9401 its not hypocrasy they earned it trough servise

Yes, thank you democrats.

@Tom Capon Perfect! Dont know any vets that would want any of their kids to serve at this point.

Everyone is missing the root cause. "Only 23% of Gen Z are actually ELIGIBLE to join the military." Why? Because: can't pass ASVAB or officer testing, out of shape/can't pass military fitness requirements, anxiety/depression, drugs, can't receive security clearance, and medical issues. Military software now flags more recruits due to medical issues. Bottom line: Movies and money aren't going to help if Gen Z is too lazy and not smart enough to make the cut in order to join. Most of them still live at home and have no inclination to assert independence from their parents. This is a parenting issue and not to mention family heritage of serving has all but died.

"why aren't you re enlisting? We're already giving you a 5 dollar bonus!"

Imagine seeing a 20 year war in which the same “bad guys” took the county back? It’s almost as if the controllers didn’t care?

That’s how I ended getting OTH during Boot Camp, my Sargent was a bøøtlicker and very Far Right. The reason why he hated me was cause(get this) I was watching Cartoons Ed Edd n Eddy, he demanded to change it to some Duck Dynasty or Ted Nugent. I was mistreated both verbal and physical assaulted, and he made death threats. After getting a recording and showing it to an officer and the MPs, he got deranked and arrested. I wouldn’t call it PTSD but I still have nightmares and flashbacks during that time in the marines. Also a hatred towards the Right-Wings.

@@DoctorDestyNova Did you go to Iraq or Afghanistan? No, then you shouldn't talk.

This right here. Faith in institutions is at an all time low. The military being one of the largest institutions and relying on velenteers would feel it the most.

MATTIS 2024

Not to mention the ideological purge where if you support certain politicians, concepts or ideas like America is great, or sport certain patriotic symbols, you are considered a domestic terrorist... Who wants to join knowing they are likely to be persecuted for patriotism just because the leaders do not like a specific politician.

@@c3aloha All Hail Saint Mattis He has to run as an independent though. No party line shit like how it was intended.

Which is specially true for military. Since as serving active oath sworn military person... Government has A LOT of power over you. They can send you to war, whether you agree with it or not. Only thing limiting it is national policy, laws and politicians. Soldier doesn't get to say "I dislike this war". It is called desertion. As such.... If people don't trust on leadership to not endanger them needlesly and only send them when it is utmost necessary and other less risky options have been ruled out, well why would one volunteer? Frankly the policy on this should be clear and transparent, but USA keeps it intentional vague to have flexibility. It gives negotiating leverage internationally. Do you agree to X country Y or maybe we should think about sending the marines? Many country would fold just on hint of "they might".... Since USA has no clear military force use policy in such as to count "is that threat real". Since the policy what there is contains a catch all "USA retains right to use military force to protect national interests"..... Which can mean anything the politicians in power at any given moment want it to mean. For example the part about "US leadership disagrees with policy of conscription". More like the US leadership learned the hard way, the population disagrees with that policy. Since conscription is like that signing up voluntarily trust, but upped to thousand. Since you don't get to choose. It takes a lot of trust in at leadership and political institutions in democratic non oppressive country from the population to agree to conscription. In opressive country, well you don't get a say. Hence why many oppressive regimes can use conscription. It is just another form of oppression population can't do anything about without full revolt. In democratic conscription country? One has to really really convince and demonstrate to the population, this is why we have to do this, this is how way are going to do it, we will take this seriously, we will take care of the young conscripts entrusted to our command and so on. Otherwise the population would quickly vote out politicians or hold referendum to dismantly conscription. USA didn't choose to end conscription by politicians. Heck politicians loved draft, since it gave lot of troops easily..... Until battle field casualties numbers among draftees from Vietnam started coming back, the film from Vietnam came back and also people started thinking "Exactly why are Draftees fighting in Vietnam". Conscription ended in USA, since one pretty much can't use democratic conscript forces for offensive or interventive war without very very good political or ideological backing. Which is why many of the conscription forces still existing in democratic countries are Defence Forces. Outright in name and law. Country agrees to conscription, but both by culture, law and constitution it is made clear "conscripted forces can only be used for national defence purposes". Country doesn't have "armed forces" or "military". It has "defence forces" and for those defence forces people are willing to submit to conscription. Since they know they will be called up only on utmost moment of need and not just for "we want to protect our national INTERESTs" So given USA active foreign military policy..... They just even couldn't use draftees. Same would happen as happened in Vietnam. Same happened as happened to Soviet Union due to Soviet-Afghan war. Mothers and fathers of conscripts/draftees would revolt and hell hath no fury over mother scorned. Draft dodging galore would happen as happened during Vietnam and frankly as personal opinion... rightly so. So yeah. Willingness to submit to the deprivation of rights that comes under military discipline very much depends on "how much do you trust the people at the helm of chain of command and with the power to decide on war and peace". Which frankly is as it should be. The conclusion shouldn't be "there is something wrong with the young people, since they aren't signing up for anymore". It should be "what is wrong with our military, defence and foreign policy, since young people are not willing to sign up as much".

Sounds like working for Amazon and rich asshole Jeff Bezos.

That's good to know. I am considering joining the Air Force as a pilot, but I do understand that the higher ups might not care about me. I'm considering joining because I love flying machines and I don't really like the idea of a traditional 9-5 job just yet. Nothing is set in stone, but it is something I'm researching.

@@justalpha9138Na officers will be just fine, they get treated 10x better than enlisted as soon as you join. Also depends what airframe you'll get to fly, heavies are better for your civilian career afterwards.

true story

@@Technie87 Honestly, I'd love it if I got the F-35 as it is so freaking awesome, but I probably wouldn't mind flying almost anything that's given to me otherwise except for the Warthog. It's a beast of an aircraft, but not the sort of mission I'd be capable of carrying out. I don't want what happened to my dad to happen to me.

And who are jewish and bombing palestians kids

Bingo

Yup, this right here. I got into the Marines before 9/11 happened, by the time I was going into Iraq amongst the first units to enter the country, I had come to the realization that I wasn't serving my country, just some spoiled trust-fund babies in D.C.'s financial interests. What really makes my blood boil is hearing Dick Cheney babble about everything "we accomplished over there"; that fat piece of garbage didn't accomplish a damn thing other than getting even richer off the sacrifices of others.

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Why would you advise against it, if I may ask?

@@comradep8519 I'm against it because I believe young adults can live a more meaningful and happy life without fighting offensive wars overseas. We have not fought a just war with an equal enemy for decades. Every war is with overwhelming military superiority, many times against the locals (civil war), branded as heroism, but actually exist to sell weapons and spend the nations treasure. Blood and treasure paid for profits and dividends in major arms companies, many having directly bought members of the senior leadership in military and government to give them more contracts. America is not under attack from the outside. We consistently brag about how large our navy and air force is. How our spending is bigger than the next x nations combined. I want my countrymen to live happy, peaceful lives. Bombing people across the ocean who don't even have an air force, does not reflect my values and cannot be called "brave".

I strongly advise against serving because I served.

Do you think that the long term plan of the Globolist may have been to bring us to this point. Exhaust our Military with continuous war under horrible internal conditions. Diminishing our loyalties to our Sovereignty and exhausting us psychologically. If we have no will to fight. We are easily manipulated by Globalist to do there bidding. Even when it's against our own Country. The plan for the NWO seems to be playing out. The Enemy is within and most don't realize it. NWO= No Constitution = No Bill of Rights = No Sovereignty =No Country

@@centrist3684 I'm European, many people here are wondering when will it stop, because our governments are following the same policy just like dogs following a ball, Europe is about to collapse, your biggest ally, soon you'll have to deal with this too. I often respond to people arguing about Americans : "they are sick but under treatment" and your comment just proved that. Please hurry to fix your problems with the ennemy from inside because it is destroying a lot of stuff abroad even "allies".

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The most legit reason to not join the military

If it were really to secure oil for the US, which it never is because the oil market doesn't much work like that, it would at least make sense. Securing the resources that power your civilization is the most rational and justifiable reason for war, presuming more peaceful methods can't secure those resources. Much better than foisting your values on people who don't want them.

@@randomobserver8168 Justifiable? Justify how the United State's military is larger than the others in the top 10 combined, most of which are allies. It's not inherently a bad thing, but that power has been misused over and over again. It's not a force of progress.

@@AuthorityCat No,that IS a bad thing. A big army in hands of tyrants.

That last one is a major one. We just saw that John Stewart had to help strong arm the republicans to pass a package that would give aid to veterans. We’ve seen for at least the last two decades how the US treats it’s vets and it hasn’t been good. Poor mental health aid and just poor aid in general. Healthcare. Job acquisitions. The list goes one. Not to mention the culture of treating you like trash when you decide it’s time to get out. They’re your buddy until you want to move on. Then they spit on you. Im amazed anyone signs up to be real. Im not sure why they’re so against conscription. Personally I think everyone should have to do two year mandatory service. America would be a better place for it.

Opinion on the military went from top gun to jarhead.

The ironic part is that generations of Vietnam servicemen received far better treatment and benefits then previous veterans.

@@serronserron1320 It took over 2 decades for Vietnam veterans to get the treatment they deserved and the military and the VA still tries to short change them.

Same with me in the 1980s. My best friend was a grade above me and went in after he graduated. He was telling me horror stories of how stupid some of the people in charge were. There were still people in the military then who had been drafted during Vietnam and decided to stay in after the war because they were too dumb to hold a job outside of the military. I heard stories of sergeants who couldn't read or write, same sergeants would take credit for other peoples work, physical abuse(which would be fine as long as you could fight back without ending up in the brig), etc. I was thinking that there was no way in hell I was going to go in under someone that stupid because it could get me killed if we ever went to war. I was planning on going to college and possibly going in as an officer but ended up dropping out of college and getting into computers so oh well. They got two of my brothers, one's a Colonel in the Army and another is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, as well as a cousin who was in the Marines. They all got sent to either Iraq, Afghanistan, or both like my brother the Colonel. Me and my smart brother and cousin went into the Information Technology field, the rest of my brothers and cousin went into the military.

4:21 never knew about reagan national defense survey before

Your uncle probably saved your life, kept you from harms way, maintained a solid mind not affected by the fog and trauma of rich mens proxy wars to get rich. Your uncle did you a solid in having that talk and you are more than likely a much better man because of it.

The fact you don't go into detail about what you heard from your uncle is very scary in itself. I hope one day I can be as valuable to my nephews and nieces as your uncle was to you.

That’s a good uncle. God bless.

Believe your uncle, he's in my age group and I too was in Vietnam 68-69 and he knows what he is talking about.

What’d he say?

PTSD is not just physical,it can also be mental and emotional,such as verbal abuse and coersion.Therte is no reason to treat human beings like they have a tail on them by using rank,etc.

@@c2dvr PTSD isnt real

Here's the problem: the better your childhood and Civil life is - the more chances of PTSD you have.

Why was his friend LOOSING a leg? It's not tight enough?

@@michaelmooneyham5406 It absolutely is real.

9/11?

@@DysentaryGary22 You mean a government psy-op to justify forever war and take your freedom? Building 7 demolition? "Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams" isn't just a meme, it is a scientific fact.

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@@DysentaryGary22 how does leveling Iraq and Afghanistan relates to 9/11 is still a mystery

@@DysentaryGary22 We will never be allowed to know the full story behind 9/11. After more than a decade in the Middle East , the enemy isn't defeated, and we have more on the horizon. It's a tactic from ancient times where a foreign adventure distracts the population from the fact that it's rulers are robbing them and that any potential revolt at home is tamed because the cream of the country's young men of fighting age aren't home 'causing trouble ', but away being killed and maimed. It's also population control. After centuries of this nonsense you'd think we would have caught on by now.

Not to mention all the beta wimps.

Politics!

Major Issue *salutes*

Nailed it my friend!

No because nobody wants to die for a country anymore , America going down to shit 🇺🇸

The US military has been the world's police force for over a century now. Truman even called Korea a "police action."

And woke shit.

@@DUKETACTICS333 the "woke shit" wants to change that 💀

In Canada, the VA is encouraging veterans to pursue MAiD, which is assisted suicide.

@@mahbuddykeith1124 hope all VA promoting that does it so nobody will ever say that again

its worse then Vietnam in many ways

@@epicstyle1000 Vietnam was different enough that i'd say they're not that comparable. Vietnam had a similar premise of "unpopular war drags on for a long time, treats veterans like crap" but it also involved a draft and had far more racial issues since the Civil Rights movement was going on at the same time and the draft really inflamed things. There were also more casualties in Vietnam than the war on terror (over 58,000 in Vietnam vs 7,000 across the entire war on terror, not counting 9/11) and far more wounded (303,000 vs 50,000). The War on Terror created more pressure at home if you dont count the draft though what with all the spying, destruction of freedoms, more media coverage, and the enemy being more concerned with striking the morale of civilians. The Vietnam War also lasted longer than most people realize since much like the Afghanistan we spent time as security advisors outside the major fighting, the US was already in Vietnam when the French still held it back in the 50s and didnt end for the US until 73-75 with patrols around Vietnam and China continuing after formal withdraw so the war lasted nearly as long as the Afghanistan war and nearly as long as the war on terror.

Iraq was not really a stunning success either..

Worse we lost to goat herders. not even a pear power. That's just embarrassing.

@@michaelkenny7314 We didn't lose. Our dipshit president made us randomly leave to make himself look good after having our hands tied for the last 15 years and not even being able to shoot at the enemy. If they actually let us do our jobs and handle buisness, the Taliban would have been extinct years ago.

There are exceptions imo. Regardless of what you're doing you're never going to get the massive % of the population required to join the military at some point that you might need as a small country facing a giant on home turf. I'm sure the amount of willing soldiers rose a lot in Finland in 1939 when the Soviets came knocking, but raw recruits with a gun are barely any good even in defensive operations and even bare minimum training takes time. But since Finland had a lot of veterans from it's civil war and conscription they could get somewhat trained soldiers in larger numbers than normal. Finland before the intensification of the Ukrainian war had a reserve large enough to match the Russian standing army from a country slightly over 5m. The US fundamentally is pretty much impossible to invade and is only somewhat considering conscription for imperialistic ambitions though.

can you give me one example in the last 50 years of America fighting an existential threat of another power invading our sovereign territory@@Anonymous-zu7dh

​@@Anonymous-zu7dhbraindead take

truer words could not be spoken, Just look at the sht show the U.S has become.

@@goldcoastelectricool7381 Yeah. Why wouldn't straight white males (military bread and butter) fight for a country that HATES them? baffling for sure

you're referring to the lgbtQ+ and the affirmative action, critical race theory crap? Or are you referring to the fat, lazy population? Just curious. Or what else?

I stepped on the yellow footprints in the beginning of 2017 and since then the nation has become divided and in a very poor state, today’s America isn’t the same America when I first went in

@Young Ay Your deluded as shit, not everything in the Military is centered around killing, you can become a chef, engineer, medic or a pilot there are multiple jobs in the Military, if you seriously think all the Military does is "mowing down villagers" you need to get your brain checked - Fellow 16 year old in the Philippines

They make you get the covid vaccine and the forever boosters, too? As annoying as it might be by now, I still thank you for your service. I'm sure it gets tiring hearing/ reading it.

@Young Ay less than 1 percent of the military ever discharge a weapon in a combat situation so that is a damn near guarantee you wouldn't be doing that

it is completely different from ‘74 to 2023💀 the implemented new tiles for drill sergeants and is NOTHING like how it used to be

@@anaira8483 Yeah well I don't think some of us are willing to test that theory out

Conscription systems are okay, but we should draft women too

@James Gartland “James” account is FAKE. He’s a paid troll from Russia who posts LIES about American servicemen he’s never met. His objective is to make the U.S. military look bad, but we caught you in your lies, Commie Comrade.

I trained at a VA as a Psychiatric resident. I never told a PTSD sufferer to "man up." I always enjoyed taking care of my Vets.

'Micromanaging to the extend that a professional Soldier is no more than a child in daycare.'...... Damn you hit it man..... They are petrified you will somehow make them look bad... Sad!

My commander blamed congress. My commander also flirted with his secretary while his wife took care of his kids at home. He also ignored issues and blamed his people instead of accepting any accountability. But sure, congress is the issue (and i’m no fan of congress).

@@Carosmyr Lacking faithfulness in your partner while being enlisted seems like a common trope

@@silversheep7369 it was - thats true

Because the boot licking military leadership never pushes back on the politically correct BS the politicians shove at them. They're all so lickspittle it doesn't matter how it impacts force readiness they're all just "yes sir, yes sir, three bags full sir!"

as a Marine Corps Veteran, i completely agree lmao it’s not worth it whatsoever

Same with army

​@@gmailacct9496as an army vet I completely agree

What occupations do veterans have after leaving the military ?

@@iffleedison9871 If you know of one, let us know.

You are not making sense about Free education for you and your mom.

@@anthonylombardi4168 depending on how many years you do, I think you could get schooling for you or an immediate family member

@Raul Arellano well, if you could shoe me the regulation on this I would appreciate it.

@@anthonylombardi4168 I’m not too sure tbh I’m not in the service for the education nor do I care, im just doing my four years and getting out So I can’t “shoe” you that 😂 💀

@@raularellano297 then why did you post that! Lol. I am retired from the Army. In no way is there a program that you sign for that does that. You can transfer your gi bill post 911 to kids and spouse There is voc rehab from the VA if you qualify. And there is scholarships depending on states. As well as free college for vets states depending. And for spouse and kids depending on vets status. But no program from the Army itself that I am aware of.

The government hates them

Government has never been trustworthy. We don't fight for our government, we fight for our ideals, our families, and our brothers in arms. It's not about government. It's about the emasculation of our society in furtherance of cultishly unrealistic beliefs.

@@pigxstix What ideals?

If they truly didn’t trust them alone they’d just move to another country

@@jayzherka4943 bra all the other countries are even worse and have less rights

Really? How many years in?

Well, it's good you left a genocidal army that kills many many innocent people and sweep the fact under the rug

Are you supposed to keep America "safe" or conquer the world?

Honestly, between that, pretending that it never happened at all, plus all the bullshit that I was dealing with in Korea, let’s just say I had enough of the army and wasn’t re-enlisting when they asked

@@puzzleface7425 what happened in korea? You can't leave us hanging...

Been on the Defense contractor side. The level of waste and meetings on how to get the government to pay for something was insane. Yet, the company had all the certs and there was so much paperwork to prevent "waste". I've seen thousands of dollars worth of labor in meetings over a $10 part.

Not to mention all the "Woke" and "BLM", and "GLBT" political bullshit to contend with. 🤨

Joined in 2006. I remember when they let the lgbtcdefg crowd in. Major called a briefing, and I did a lot of push ups. "alright men, they let the g@ys in, just because your flaming doesn't mean the rest of us need to feel the heat". I lost it in the middle of the brief and couldn't compose myself. I was one of the last all male training graduates. Before stress cards and tampons were issued.

Yep

​​@@thebeesknees745 "Joined the Army to prove to myself I was tough and straight and all I got was this stupid T-shirt" *on the back* AND PTSD!

Abu Ghraib we are told not one officer was responsible - it was just enlisted running wild. Ehime Maru they tried to send an enlisted man to prison for life doing hard labor. Thankfully the ship's captain refused to throw his crew to the wolves and insisted on taking the blame. He took early retirement - early retirement and life in prison breaking rocks are not the same thing. Bonhomme Richard fire - not one enlisted on that ship was properly trained for fire fighting, but the admiral, who for eight months ordered fire fighting training time be applied to pronoun training, critical race theory training and social sensitivity training, gets a pass while some random guy they can't even prove was on the same deck is going to prison for life.

The Officer corps has degraded into an aristocracy

@@Firefox13A ol' british and Frenchy times

It has always been like this since the time of the Pharaoh’s.

Legitimate truth right there!

Obviously serving in the national guard isn't comparable to working in a warehouse (unless I'm wrong) but your experience sounds eerily similar to managers scheduling their workers for 39 hours a week as to not have to give them full time benefits.

@@drakor98 So you all got no clue why the Military cant recruit well? People learn about the Military and then hate it. They google War-Crimwes and more importantly: they watch videos like "Drone-Strikes?!" by 'Some More News' and "The US doesnt meddle in Foreign Affairs" by 'Second Thought'.

If you got a DD214 regardless of reserve or guard status you can receive VA benefits

@@hueyrotorhead I have a friend served in the Marine Corp reserves. I went with with him to the VA he was told he didn't serve enough time and isn't eligible for benefits. We looked up his records I don't recall how ma y months he served but it wasn't enough to get VA benefits.

@@hueyrotorhead Wrong.

30 years ago it was the opposite--people leaving because of the training OpTempo. One week field prep, two weeks for FTX, one week recovery--rince, repeat for 8 months, then 60-90 days at the local training center, then 4-6 weeks at NTC. Same cycle year after year. Pay, benefits, gear, barracks are way better now than it used to be. I was happy to make $500 a month as a PV2. I've had more good leaders than bad in the Army. From the dozen or so Army Officers I know today, the corps is much better than it was. The NCO corps is still hit or miss.

You need: -Not to rape foreign women -Not to invade for oil reserves of foreign nations -Not to force people trade in oil -Not to destroy nations who do not try to trade oil in dollar -Not to DO ANYTHING A FVCING DIE BIG SATAN Stay away from our children if they want to be gay they will be just not try to enforce diversity on them. JUST NOT DO ANYTHING.

Yeah id say less power point and more hands on.

True and agree. Bet the gov will just make us pay for that tho😭

And thanks for serving us

Looks like Rick is scared of people expressing their feelings that conflicts with their old world ideology. Womp womp