Poll: Is military service/being a vet under appreciated or over appreciated?

[twan83]

Underappreciated
They dont even pay vets properly
It's a standard pay country wide when they should include cost of living to help offset low disability pay.
Appts take forever to get and they cancel it without u knowing

Hell the process of medical discharge is trash they dont even use docs to decide what percentage u get they use infantry officers to decide ur case

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

Exactly

What this thread is

All the vets were able to verbalize they're point but you I agree and disagree on points but at least I know what they're talking about

 

[the cac mamba]

Underappreciated
They dont even pay vets properly
It's a standard pay country wide when they should include cost of living to help offset low disability pay.
Appts take forever to get and they cancel it without u knowing

Hell the process of medical discharge is trash they dont even use docs to decide what percentage u get they use infantry officers to decide ur case

thought dudes mostly lived on bases

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Veterans who ask for discounts and they never seen combat are lame asf to me
Unless you shot someone or got shot at fukk that thank you for your service

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

All the vets were able to verbalize they're point but you I agree and disagree on points but at least I know what they're talking about

u
Still hurt and jealous

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I get what you saying but the military is not all flowers and rainbows and easy peezy. There still is a level of sacrifice. I done seen marriages and families destroyed because one spouse never was home do to deployments and a lot of other commitments. I’m the military you do have to bust your ass. A lot of people “fail” out of the military.


But I agree America should invest more into social programs and incentives for public service jobs.

How do u flunk out?

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

u
Still hurt and jealous

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Y'all download that thang

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

That reminds me, for anybody interested I got a track on my mixtape that chronicles the story of Cain and Abel that's titled "Jealous Seed"




Y'all download that thang

And u a broke mixtape rapper too

 

[twan83]

thought dudes mostly lived on bases

That's active duty soldiers
Vets dont live on post unless married to another active soldier
Or working overseas then they live on post

 

[Frump]

I mean its a courageous job and all so I have a level of respect for that but at the same time I treat them like any other group of people who just happen to have a dangerous job. Some of them are good some are bad like any other group

I don’t like the fake idolization of them by Republicans like they’re sacred

 

[Marc Spector]

ima say both as well.

Because America constantly has a hard on for war and violence, there is the sick fascination with the IDEA of the troop and the IDEA of sacrifice which conflicts the reality of most of our individual lives and personalities. Most of us aren't fukking bootlicking Conservative Captain Americas and didn't join to kill Americans enemies. Most of us won't see combat at all. The disconnect between the actual mission of the military and what people think is a huge reason IMO the military wastes so much fukking money.

With that said, the true needs of the military are underreported. The country does a shyt job (but is improving) on acclimating people to post military life, helping with and reducing service induced mental trauma and injuries.

 

[NatiboyB]

Honestly unless people know me or see me going to work I don't even talk about the military like that. It's just a job to me. I don't have nothing military related on my car if you look in my window you may see my patrol cap or pt belt but thats about it...With that being said it's a personal opinion on if people feel appreciated or not...I personally am not a big fan of thank you for your service because I know if they didn't pay or if I hadn't already invested 17 years I wouldn't be in this shyt the only thing I am doing is working. I just chose a different profession...shyt don't thank me for my service thank the fireman and EMT or the sewage worker or the bus driver and mailman.

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Way overappreciated in this country. All this hero talk...na.

I've been pro-black since a youth. I cant take any black person who's in or was in the US military seriously.

 

[ALonelyDad]

Depends on what war they fought

 

[TrebleMan]

Seriously, like the other breh said it's a straight up cheat code. Paychecks stack up on top of your current job, school is paid for, no down payment on a house required.

What does that tell you? That means you get all the benefits of a college degree if you finish school, but while everyone is paying off school debt, you're saving for a house. So while some folks have $100k-$200k in student debt they got to pay, you're spending that $100k-$200k saving up for property.

That's not even the cheat code either, because the military benefits include buying a house with zero downpayment. So that $100k-$200k you're saving can actually go into a second house.

Again, this is all on top of whatever career you built because you went to school too. Plus to interviewers if you have military experience on your resume, they know you get things done so you automatically are nearly an automatic win. Even if you have a coding bootcamp and military experience you'd leap to the top of the candidates list the mass majority of the time.

Plus not to mention the doors that are open to you because you served and have a degree that most people with only degrees don't have access to. Those jobs are amongst the highest paid in the world.

Stack all that up, get two or more properties that you own. Rent one or more out out, retire and see more of the world, in your early 30s.

Folks here are a little bitter because military veterans get catered to, well then sign up because it's right there to take advantage of. If I were younger and knew what I knew now, I definitely would have. I see people around me retiring left and right in their 30's because of they served in the military and are seeing the benefits.