So, you’ve known some good ones then. It only takes one bad one to change your mind, though... or to make you aware that there *are* those who will do that... (but perhaps you already know that and pick carefully who you associate with...)...
And, there’s nothing wrong with “self-selecting” the “right ones” to know... not at all...
“So, you’ve known some good ones then. It only takes one bad one to change your mind, though... or to make you aware that there *are* those who will do that... (but perhaps you already know that and pick carefully who you associate with...)...”
What is clear is that you don’t know squat about the military. There is no more vetted group and no more restricted lifestyle than the military.
Those background checks, security clearance checks psychological testing checks and constant monitoring of your life including being able to be charged for getting a sunburn or not getting a haircut means that you don’t “know some good ones” and that “It only takes one bad one to change your mind, though”, it means that you are constantly seeking out and punishing anyone that doesn’t measure up.
You don’t have to waste people’s time pointing out that bad people are everywhere, but you also don’t have to waste their time pretending the military isn’t a very elite, selective group compared to their civilian counterparts as far as criminality and rule breaking is concerned.
In the military you are usually assigned your “associations” you don’t choose them, your squad or your section or your team or your boat or your squadron or your platoon or your company or your battalion are your life for most of the time.
From the time that you become a PFC you are looking for any bad guys and dealing with them, from E3 on up to General you have some level of responsibility to discipline fellow soldiers.
Just look at the structure of a squad,”Squad - 9 to 10 soldiers. Typically commanded by a sergeant or staff sergeant, a squad or section is the smallest element in the Army structure, and its size is dependent on its function.”
If my memory is correct there are even more layers of leadership within that little group of 9-10 soldiers.
All this doesn’t make for God like perfection but it sure does mean that the military has a vastly smaller number of bad guys than civilian life and you don’t have to be “pick carefully” to avoid them, for one thing you can bust their ass, nobody wants flakes in their unit.