Subject: | Re: Before You Enlist - the reality of military life
| Date: | Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:48:42 -0600
| From: | "James H. Hood" <jhhoodDIESPAMMERDIE@urdirect.net>
| Newsgroups: | alt.military,alt.activism,alt.activism.student,us.military.army,alt.military.cadet,soc.culture.usa
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hell_no_we_won't_go <fuck_@rmy.com> wrote in message
news:10srahh40abv389@corp.supernews.com...
> Recruiters Lie - their job is to convince you to join the military. Like
any
> dishonest salesman, they will tell you anything that they think you want
to
> hear. To organize to get military recruiters out of your schools, shut
down
> ROTC, and counter the lies of military recruiters, contact us
> recruit@join-snafu.org
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> High-tech skills the army teaches you are rarely transferrable to civilian
> jobs
Nonsense. A computer is a computer is a computer. If you can write code
for a unit, you can write code for a private employer.
> Here are some questions to consider before you enlist:
>
> * If the military is such a great opportunity, why are there military
> members who have to use foodstamps to feed their families?
Because soldeier-hating cowards like you gouge them mercilessly in stores.
> * Why do people of color represent 1/3 of all enlisted people, but only
1/8
> of all officers?
Because decades of liberal kontrol of public skule, designed to create
dependency, have left so many without the qualifications for a commission.
> * Why do 65% of military personnel who pay $100 each month into the GI
Bill
> receive nothing?
Because they haven't retired.
> * Why are 1/3 of all homeless people veterans?
For the same reason that 100% of homeless persons are civilians.
> * If military "high-tech" job training is so great, why do only 12% of
male
> recruits and 6% of female recruits ever use their military training in a
> civilian job?
For the same reasons that most college grads never work in a field oriented
toward their bachelor's degrees.
> * Why are rapes and other assaults on women an on-going crisis in the
> military?
Why are they an ongoing problem in the civilian world?
> * What's the point of participating in the GI Bill when you can actually
> receive more money by applying for Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and other
> sources of financial aid?
Because it's a safer investment. Show us one veteran who didn't get his GI
Bill benefits because the money ran out.
> * Why does the government ask us to "support the troops" while it cuts
> benefits for Veterans?
Because any veteran knows there is only a 100% financial return in the event
of severe disability.
> * Why hasn't the government come clean about Gulf War Syndrome and the
> ongoing health problems of veterans, including chronic illnesses and birth
> defects?
Because the information is classified.
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