b smooth 202
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I don't know about all that nowOriginally Posted by Wordy Dirts
Originally Posted by B Smooth 202
Originally Posted by Wordy Dirts
Originally Posted by B Smooth 202
The air force is cool if your willing to compromise your entire life style and spend a majority of the time away from your family so you can fix another country.
With the job market the way it is a lot of us don't have a choice
I come from a military background so I know the good and the bad that comes with Air Force life
Coming from a military background, you sound misinformed.
As some one who is actually in the Air Force, I'd say the only real compromise I make is the fact that I have to shave everyday, wear a uniform to work, and the fact that I can't smoke weed. But yeah if your life style revolves around weed and facial hair, the AF might not be for you, micky ds have some good perks though. :/
As for spending time away from your family, how many of us truly want to be under our fam for our whole lives? The AF give you 30 days of paid leave a year. That along with my normal days off is more then enough IMO.
How is that the only real compromise? The military dictates your daily routine, your habitat, your actions. I personally know many broken military families, what are you gonna do when your son is calling you from the USA because you're in South Korea or some Eastern country for years at a time handling their struggle?
I think a lot of people sacrifice the seemingly small and irrelevant things, and join the military just because it guarantees you a paycheck, while most of these people in the military are oblivious to the political nature and true implications of the military's functions.
Call me misinformed for seeing through our military institution. My dad did 20+ as a firefighter in the Air Force, as well as my granddad. My cousin was shot in the head in Nam'. The air force has provided me a life of comfort and thus misery, I don't owe this country a damn thing.
Keep in mind I'm not knocking anybody for EATING...I'm knocking the game from my perspective.
Whether you'd like to admit it or not, just about everyone makes compromises when it comes to work. Does your job not affect your daily routine, your habitat, your actions? So are you telling me that you wake up early everyday, throw on a McDonald's uniform, and slave over a hot stove just because you feel like it? Corporate American is filled with jobs that require people to abide by a set guidelines that dictates your daily routine, your habitat, your actions. The truth is that the majority of civilian people spend their entire working lives as "pawns" in a companies game designed to make the owners wealthy. Joining the military is a commitment. Joining a corporation is only a commitment until you find a better job or they lay your *%# off. One involves a commitment to something larger than yourself. Mickey D's doesn't. I really don't see how this is better then the military institution you speak of.
But then theres the harsh reality of human conflict and the reason why we have the armed forces. Once you've turned over a rock and found a perfect moral guideline to wipe away all confusion, subjectivity and doubt in discourse in history and politics, I encourage you to share it. Meanwhile, hush up and enjoy the freedoms that have been given to you.
You know you should feel fortunate I even acknowledged your reply; It's very apparent that you're only talking anecdotally. Your perception is swayed by a small number of individuals, whereas I've been in the AF for almost 5 years now, traveled the world, went to college for free, and gain a lot of life experience among other things.
Certainly 'hushing up' and enjoying the 'freedoms' is what they tell you to do once your enlisted right?
Yeah %%@#+#% right. I have no desire occupying another country, supposedly fixing their government, when our government at home is a disaster within itself.
My question is, are the people serving the military truly AWARE of the foreign policy/agenda they implement across the globe? Of course you get some free passes when you join the military....I'm not knocking your individual experiences guy. I'm knocking the fact most people in the armed forces are oblivious to the true objectives of our military, which I feel are serving the interests of an elite class of people, while average citizens pay the price of LIFE for mere ideological battles and material conflicts.
Not for me.
