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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
Have they been to war yet tho? Have they seen their squadmates dead bodies?
I was Navy and on a marine transport ship. The ones who hadn’t been deployed yet were gunho and annoying as shit. Like young puppies.
The ones who had actually seen shit, were a lot more rational and disillusioned.
Don’t underestimate the brainwashing of the military, especially for exclusive stuff, it takes a while to get that out of your head after training.
The Marines I know that saw combat are often messed up with PTSD and feel lost without their units, but still seem very proud to have been Marines.
As the full saying goes, the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Soldiers being through shit and wanting to stick together afterwards is a trait as old as warfare itself.
Yeah, it’s completely normal to put on rose colored glasses years later…
That’s entirely different than seeing it and still being in.