That's what I was trying to explain the Kekscernist but he apparently believes the military is perfect.

Haha

So did I when I signed up at 17

F

https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2018/08/08/navy-secretary-cyber-officers-may-be-allowed-higher-ranks.html/amp

Your thoughts on this?

If they have really critical skills that are hard to replace

Doctors, vets, lawyers etc are already like that

Docs come in at captain if I remember right, lawyers at 1st lt and promote shortly after

Docs have came in at Captain since Korea right?

The army used to have a program where if you had experience and like two years of college you could come in as e4 or e5 in a few jobs. I think paramedics or LPNs could come in as e5 medics

College is E4 at entrance

Civilian acquired skills program

They did it for cooks too I think

And I think cops a LONG time ago

Its for everyone atm

Every MOS? So if I shoot people and go hiking a lot for two years I can get instant e5 11b?

No e4

something wholesome for a change

College is instant E4 regardless of job

Yeah a bachelor

I'm talking about something else

It was the program where you had to have job skills

Acasp

Only certain jobs get guaranteed E5

having job skills is racist

And its not guaranteed perse

I have to ask, because I have gotten mixed responses from other Military or Ex-Military, is the Armed Forces in a bad Recruitment drought or has 8 years of Democrats stifled the budget?

Just thats how fast they promote

We had a dude who had a degree in English literature, 38 year old contract e4

Really awesome guy

Recruiting is only hard in the army

Everyone else is picky af

Economy helps and hurts too. Bad economy, everyone wants to join the army.

Good economy, people wise up to the fact that you can make more money elsewhere

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqxrJHkzS0I

Fairly accurate

https://www.facebook.com/TheMeninisms/videos/2138357789531403/ that's some top tier trolling

Especially the Airforce one

..... does, does anybody have statistics of which political party has historically been drafted/conscripted the most?

I know a guy that wanted to join the National Guard but they told him no because he was missing a tooth and didn't want to pay for the replacement.