@MicroWave to politics • 1 year agoMarine Corps without confirmed commandant for 1st time since 1910 after GOP senator's blockadeabcnews.go.commessage-square34arrow-up1172arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareZorquelinkfedilink3•1 year agoAll of the military is brainwashed in some way or another, that’s literally what boot camp is designed to do. It’s just a lot more basic in the non-marine ones.
minus-square@YoBuckStopsHerelink2•1 year agoInteresting perspective, when did you serve to come to this conclusion?
minus-square@AquaTofanalink1•1 year agoYou didn’t get just a tad of Stockholm Syndrome in basic? I remember when I was first issued my uniforms, I has this moment where I was like “They gave me clothes! I’m a person now!” Luckily I shook that shit quick, but, it was definitely a weird ass mindset to be in.
minus-square@YoBuckStopsHerelink1•1 year agoExperiences may vary, Air Force basic wasn’t like that, but I went in shortly after 9/11 so most of us had a purpose for being there.
minus-square@AquaTofanalink1•1 year agoFair. I went through in '08, so that could have been the difference. 🤷♀️
All of the military is brainwashed in some way or another, that’s literally what boot camp is designed to do. It’s just a lot more basic in the non-marine ones.
Interesting perspective, when did you serve to come to this conclusion?
You didn’t get just a tad of Stockholm Syndrome in basic?
I remember when I was first issued my uniforms, I has this moment where I was like “They gave me clothes! I’m a person now!”
Luckily I shook that shit quick, but, it was definitely a weird ass mindset to be in.
Experiences may vary, Air Force basic wasn’t like that, but I went in shortly after 9/11 so most of us had a purpose for being there.
Fair. I went through in '08, so that could have been the difference. 🤷♀️