• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It works too.

    When I was in we got lined up for muster before elections days and our leadership would talk about how “this never happens with a Republican pres and voting is important”.

    Completely ignorant that the reason is Dems won’t hold our military hostage for funding cuts to social programs.

    The reason it almost never happens with a Republican pres, is republicans are the ones that make it happen.

    And yeah, the main reason people lose security clearances (military and fed civilians) is financial issues like debts.

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      1 year ago

      “this never happens with a Republican pres and voting is important”

      Wow, in my experience they usually try to be more subtle than that.

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        1 year ago

        I was in an engine room in the Navy…

        Fist fighting was still an acceptable way to solve personal disputes, and higher ups intentionally ignored stuff like the occasional black eye. It’s like the last bastion of “old navy”

        The culture wasn’t a good thing, people got away with a lot of shit because no matter what happened, the ship has to keep moving.