It’d be cool except the non zero chance of catching a bullet just because I wanted to have benefits other people have for free… and I know that I could be shot in civilian life too. But like, doesn’t that just make it worse
I suppose. I’m far more likely to die in a helicopter crash. Never been shot at, nor have just about anybody I’ve worked with. The only people who have gone to a war zone in the past couple decades were people who specifically requested it.
Though I have worked with a few who survived helicopter crashes (five, between two crashes), so definitely not without its dangers. That’s the specific job I chose, though. Plenty of jobs in the Coast Guard with paper cuts or oven-related burns as the most danger they’ll experience.
Good high school friend of mine was career Coast guard. He was a flight commander for one of those big helicopters and retired with some high falutin’ upper level officer rank.
He told me that there were a lot of details he couldn’t tell me but that he’d lost several of his colleagues in crashes.
He also implied that there were some bullets flying out of fast boats coming from the south.
Poor guy took up regional jet piloting right after he retired and almost immediately got the Parkinson’s. To conclude and show his character, he self reported himself out of a job long before the symptoms were externally visible.
Well more just the military in general. It’s mostly just free college roulette. My uncle got free college but also he was almost blown up in a rocket attack. His friends from the same rocket attack didn’t make it to college…
I mostly hear military people from where I am say “there is free education! You pansies just have to earn it” idk just seems problematic to me haha
But it’s not really true. Switzerland has no naval branch of its armed forces.
It has a dozen or so of 10t patrol boats armed with a single 50cal MG for its lakes, and those are organized in a single motor boat company, which is staffed and manned by the military engineers branch.
Their duties are supporting the border guard (police) on the lakes against trespass/ smugglers and assisting (civilian) search& rescue.
When one’s employer has lower regard for their employee’s welfare than the US military, something is well and truly borked.
t. many military friends and family with infinite horror stories about health damage outside of combat zones and lots of “Not Service Related” responses
So… A big blue retail company is on par… When I worked there I got 16 weeks of paternity leave paid (well, between a mixture of paid leave and PTO), 31 days of PTO, and… Any sick days came out of the PTO.
Was a salaried manager.
Can’t believe I’m saying it, but nobody has ever been able to come close to their benefits that I know of, at least in the US.
So… I’m not shilling for the military, but…
Coast guard gets 30 days of leave, 3 months of paternity leave, and unlimited sick days.
Just saying.
Edit: to be clear, US Coast Guard.
It’d be cool except the non zero chance of catching a bullet just because I wanted to have benefits other people have for free… and I know that I could be shot in civilian life too. But like, doesn’t that just make it worse
I suppose. I’m far more likely to die in a helicopter crash. Never been shot at, nor have just about anybody I’ve worked with. The only people who have gone to a war zone in the past couple decades were people who specifically requested it.
Though I have worked with a few who survived helicopter crashes (five, between two crashes), so definitely not without its dangers. That’s the specific job I chose, though. Plenty of jobs in the Coast Guard with paper cuts or oven-related burns as the most danger they’ll experience.
Good high school friend of mine was career Coast guard. He was a flight commander for one of those big helicopters and retired with some high falutin’ upper level officer rank.
He told me that there were a lot of details he couldn’t tell me but that he’d lost several of his colleagues in crashes.
He also implied that there were some bullets flying out of fast boats coming from the south.
Poor guy took up regional jet piloting right after he retired and almost immediately got the Parkinson’s. To conclude and show his character, he self reported himself out of a job long before the symptoms were externally visible.
That’s true! There can definitely be really good opportunities there. I just like to be contrarian
In the coast guard? I think you’d have a higher risk just walking in many cities.
Well more just the military in general. It’s mostly just free college roulette. My uncle got free college but also he was almost blown up in a rocket attack. His friends from the same rocket attack didn’t make it to college…
I mostly hear military people from where I am say “there is free education! You pansies just have to earn it” idk just seems problematic to me haha
Well there’s a lot of roles you can join for with basically no risk of being shot…
Was about to say, the Lesotho coast guard doesn’t have anything that good.
Lesotho doesn’t have a coast.
Then again, Switzerland is also landlocked, but they do have a navy.
Uh, that might have been the joke.
I know. I just wanted to bring up one of my favorite weird facts, the existence of the Swiss navy.
But it’s not really true. Switzerland has no naval branch of its armed forces.
It has a dozen or so of 10t patrol boats armed with a single 50cal MG for its lakes, and those are organized in a single motor boat company, which is staffed and manned by the military engineers branch.
Their duties are supporting the border guard (police) on the lakes against trespass/ smugglers and assisting (civilian) search& rescue.
As far as I’m concerned, that’s a navy.
When one’s employer has lower regard for their employee’s welfare than the US military, something is well and truly borked.
t. many military friends and family with infinite horror stories about health damage outside of combat zones and lots of “Not Service Related” responses
So… A big blue retail company is on par… When I worked there I got 16 weeks of paternity leave paid (well, between a mixture of paid leave and PTO), 31 days of PTO, and… Any sick days came out of the PTO.
Was a salaried manager.
Can’t believe I’m saying it, but nobody has ever been able to come close to their benefits that I know of, at least in the US.
Costco?
USAF too