WashedAnus [he/him]

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  • WashedAnus [he/him]@hexbear.nettochat@hexbear.net•My brother might join the militaryEnglish
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    (CW: discussion of SA)

    This is a topic I’m trying to be more informed about; as a vet I’m trying to keep every young person I know out of the US military.

    I always like to start off by saying that the military will lie to you every step of the way, from the time you contact the recruiter until the VA denies your claim. All anyone at any step of the way is motivated to do is hit their numbers/quotas, regardless of you. Recruiters and detailers have a certain number of certain billets to fill, and they will slot you in one regardless of what you want. Recruiters can tell you you’ll be assigned to Combat Camera as a photographer, but then at boot camp you find out you’re going into infantry. Even if you’re smart, diligent, and read the contracts and fine print, they will find a way to screw you. In any investigation while in, they will do their best to deny you your rights and railroad you into admitting guilt at a non-judicial Article 15 hearing (where evidence is not required and hearsay is accepted) rather than a court martial.

    Especially for femme people considering joining (mascs should also be aware and care), I always bring up Sexual Assault statistics. You can find official reports here (warning: US government website) https://www.sapr.mil/reports But, also actual numbers are 2-4 times higher than the US government estimates. On a more personal note, my cousin was sexually assaulted by the same man as multiple others at their command (who was never convicted), and suffers from severe enough PTSD that they’re 100% disabled (and was physically assaulted by a VA police officer at a VA hospital). I lost a friend at my last command who was sexually assaulted by their superior, and I still hate that I couldn’t do anything about it all these years later.

    It is a machine that eats able-bodied young people and shits out MIC contractors and broken husks.

    GI Rights Hotline has some resources about this.
    https://girightshotline.org/en/military-knowledge-base/truth-in-recruiting/

    The Quakers have some resources as well:
    https://quakerhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/QH_SgtAbeApr2015.pdf

    I will try to keep updating this with more resources as I find them.

    I finally figured out that the best search engine query is “counter recruitment”

    By We Are Not Your Soldiers, a group of antiwar veterans that speak in classrooms
    https://www.beforeenlisting.org/home