[Repeat Offender]

effectively creating a military warrior caste that now appears more like a multi-generational family business than an organization that represents the true makeup of our democratic republic.

And yet.....the powers that be are worried because the majority of recruits come from [prior] military families......only those families aren't sending their kids off to the military, and the services aren't making recruiting mission.

I was a Marine infantryman. I joined in peacetime at 17 yrs old. I have four combat tours and am combat wounded [continued to re-enlist and go off to war even after I was wounded]. My younger brother went off to the Corps as an infantryman, and had two combat tours.

At one time, I would've been proud for my sons (I have four of those) to have followed in my footsteps.

No way in hell do I want them joining the military.

[PeterPrinciple]

No way in hell do I want them joining the military.

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I fully understand your point, but on the other hand if we are not there to change things, things won’t change.