Economics, pure and simple I’d bet, unless he was like some I recall that went in for the sake of training for some mutual self-defense thing. Anyway, many rural places your only employment choices are the US military, service, or agriculture and then they all bunch bench press the young to join by offering wages and opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have access to any other way.
Also wtf, you can’t stop a fire with fucking bullets.
The majority of my extended family are current or former service members specifically because we’re all from poorer backgrounds with few options. Some of them eventually drank the Kool aid and others only see their time as a means to leverage themselves out of poverty. Less than half will encourage their kids to join.
Economics, pure and simple I’d bet, unless he was like some I recall that went in for the sake of training for some mutual self-defense thing. Anyway, many rural places your only employment choices are the US military, service, or agriculture and then they all bunch bench press the young to join by offering wages and opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have access to any other way.
Also wtf, you can’t stop a fire with fucking bullets.
The majority of my extended family are current or former service members specifically because we’re all from poorer backgrounds with few options. Some of them eventually drank the Kool aid and others only see their time as a means to leverage themselves out of poverty. Less than half will encourage their kids to join.