RE: The frogs kicked over a hornet's nest!
January 19, 2015 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2015 at 2:52 pm by SteelCurtain.)
Depends on which Basic Training you go to. My basic training was Plebe Summer at the Naval Academy. It's whole purpose is to get you into shape and teach you humility by taking your 4.0 GPA/jock ass and making you do menial/embarrassing things whilst running mostly.
From the Marines/Soldiers I coached in PTSD groups, the point of basic training was to make it so taking life is normal and laudable. "Shootin' towelheads", breeding in the inhumanity of the enemy so that shooting at them isn't taken as seriously as it should be. Which is at the same time despicable but somewhat necessary. I personally know of no other or more effective way, but I haven't given it much thought.
To the point, I would like to see some sort of civil service more heavily encouraged. Expanding the GI Bill into the private sector for civil service positions, something like that. Not necessarily military. Or even if military, farm out some of the thousands of civilian posts on military bases to college kids---at least the ones that don't require specialty education.
From the Marines/Soldiers I coached in PTSD groups, the point of basic training was to make it so taking life is normal and laudable. "Shootin' towelheads", breeding in the inhumanity of the enemy so that shooting at them isn't taken as seriously as it should be. Which is at the same time despicable but somewhat necessary. I personally know of no other or more effective way, but I haven't given it much thought.
To the point, I would like to see some sort of civil service more heavily encouraged. Expanding the GI Bill into the private sector for civil service positions, something like that. Not necessarily military. Or even if military, farm out some of the thousands of civilian posts on military bases to college kids---at least the ones that don't require specialty education.
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