Posted on Mar 11, 2016
What is something that you wish that more people understood about the military?
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RP Members, Connections, and Friends here is one of those questions that are still prevalent today that got lost in the black hole here on RallyPoint. I revived it for more RP Members to comment on.
Based on your Service Branch and your experience in the military what are some of the things you wished people understood about you as a person and what you experienced while being in the military?
Mine would be the Camaraderie you build as a Team or individually with those you have served with! Also, those you've lost along the path once traveled!
Don't Hold Back-Tell your Story RP Nation!
Based on your Service Branch and your experience in the military what are some of the things you wished people understood about you as a person and what you experienced while being in the military?
Mine would be the Camaraderie you build as a Team or individually with those you have served with! Also, those you've lost along the path once traveled!
Don't Hold Back-Tell your Story RP Nation!
Camaraderie
Military Life
Brotherhood
Friends
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Posted 10 y ago
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Far too many people do not understand that the Military are like Global Police Officers. Their job is to defend our country, its citizens and its values wherever they are. How hard is that to understand?
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With the exception of people that were drafted we volunteered to do a job that a lot of people can’t or couldn’t do. Most of us were not blood thirsty maniac that joined because we wanted to be able to kill people legally. We don’t start wars. Politicians do but will fight to the death to defend our country. Some of has seen things that will give people nightmares and have to live with it the rest of our lives.
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I wish people in the military actually understood more about the military, specifically the Army.
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I wish civilians understood I did not join because I am a "war-monger". I did not join to go kill babies. I joined to challenge myself and learn new skills.
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They need to understand that our military joins - by their own admission - for “jobs” rather than their proper role as public servants. Which makes them mercenaries.
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This will seem minor to some, but it used to steam my windshield when I'd hear people, usually young just out of high school types, complain because they had to go somewhere away from home for...a week. I realize many people have never left their mother's side in their life, so a week seems big to them. But to me, a week was a training cruise for high speed turns to make sure the props were put back on right.
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I wish the people going into the military know that there is a Uniform code of military justice. Don't try to change the system because of your beliefs. That includes haircuts,clean shaven and uniform worn properly.
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That being a service member is not the same as being a civilian. The army doesn't act like a civilian entity. Rules and rights are very different. Still can't even make my wife understand this. LOL
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That many people would have had more compassion for the military personnel who had served in the 1960s and early 1970s; that the former had treated - and treat - those veterans with the respect that they had deserved for serving during an unpopular war.
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That the military definition of " now" is different from the civilian one.
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