Should You Join The Military?
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- Should You Join The Military?
Chadd discusses the state of the world and the state of the military today. He also covers whether or not you can best serve the country through joining the military or not. Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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I keep thinking about this German soldier's diary I listened to a reading of. He joined the Luftwaffe thinking he was going to flight training. He showed up to flight school only to be put onto a truck with his fellow new students, given a rifle, and sent to the eastern front. That's where the diary ended.
What’s the name of the book?
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My GF grandfather was a pilot in Germany and was supposed to bomb London but defected to Danmark and met her grandmother.
Rotting within, very true. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
I enlisted in 75, entered active duty in 76, and retired in 97. I got a good job skill, lots of experience at hard work, got married, raised two adults with my wife and enjoyed a good life for the most part. You'd better have "thick skin", courage to run your own life, and motivation to excel on your own. Lacking any of these personal aspects will seriously disappoint you, it won't deliver more than you choose to accept. We've never had a more broken system in my lifetime, it was pretty broken in the seventies, well run, solid in the eighties, and falling apart in the nineties. These things are always cyclical, don't join unless you are willing to dedicate your time regardless of "the times" or you will be quite unhappy. One can easily get a good education because of service, in or out, but it's no magic carpet ride, you will pay in blood and pain. Semper Fi, John McClain, GySgt, USMC, ret.
Ok boomer
I joined in ‘03 and I’m about 5 months from retiring and I can’t put into words how great it was for me especially now that I’m retiring. With that said seeing how it’s changed and is politically driven if I currently was at 6 or 8 years I wouldn’t stay me personally, and the physical and mental toll is real my knees are destroyed, bad back, hearing, etc.
Stay hidden and just go road brother 😂
@@ragheadand420roll too close for that lol 😂 I didn’t struggle fighting the last few years to give up this close.
Are your injuries well documented in your medical records, I mean very well documented.
If so you can file some VA Claims for compensation.
@@nomaam-br549 thank you yes they are been working on that.
The Most Dangerous Superstition. Worth the read
Thank you for being honest.
Thanks for sharing this! I have been battling with myself with the exact logic. I expected not to agree, but I COMPLETELY agree with you 100%
Great information, honest and straight forward. I agree with your opinion on the "threat from within". WE ARE ALWAYS GROWING
As a veteran the answer is absolutely NO.
For sure though, stay away from the ARMY.
Hey vet sir, I respect your opinion but how can I join the army.
@@garouuchiha4041until there is draft deploy mate there is nowhere to hide...
Great video! Thank you for your service. I’m very glad to have joined the military. It taught me lessons about life I took for granted before. Deep lesson like freedom, opportunity and being with the best group of people.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Wow.. stunning amount of truth.. your making it so that we can't live without you.. my Christian heart grieves most days for lack of truth.. but not today..
Great advice!
Thank you for expressing this. I saw enough when I dipped my toes in as a contractor and heard enough from my vet relatives, to where I swore off enlisting long ago. However, as a warrior, this has created a conflict of interest in my life where I've felt like a nomad everywhere else. You outlined my own philosophy on things in a way that grants it dignity. It gets really old hearing veterans completely disregard your experiences and hardships immediately with the "You never served so you have no right to speak." No, I've been through enough to know better than to get involved with Unkie Sam at this point in history. Even as just a contractor, what you said about the emotional strain and ruin of relationships hit home. Thanks for what you do Chadd.
It's still better to join than to not, you'll still learn valuable skills and be better off and that's all that really matters
@@Randomyoutubecommenter I respect your opinion but humbly disagree, I would not have been better off and have learned comparable useful skills by alter alternative means. Always learning more. I'd rather not be fucked in the ass by the VA for the rest of my life like my uncles, and don't want the government up my ass concerning what im doing with every minute of free time. But yes, some people need the experience to show them what they're capable of if nothing else
Great and honest advice! 👏🇺🇸
Dude, this is awesome perspective!
Excellent talk and insights. 'Nuff said.
Great talk brother
Absolutely great advice. Thank you.
Absolutely on target as always 👍
Interesting and sounds like a lot of good advice. Realistic view of the present situation.
Couldn't agree more with this. Follow your ❤.
Great message Chad! Thanks for your service and sharing brother.
Preach brother.
I was blessed in my military to military marriage. There were a few times I deployed shortly after she got back from her deployments. The hardest was deploying a few weeks after our daughter was born. We got through it though and now we are both enjoying our retirement.
Amen brother.
Well spoken brother
very wise advice!
Chadd speaks truth!
Thank you for your information. I have done a little bit of research and asking close friends if I should join. A lot of people say no. Thanks for the information.
I bet 13 years in a fast moving life was a challenge bud and I thank you for your time and service to our country CW .
Well put
Great video
I really appreciate the message here, thank you Chadd!!
All our kids should be made to serve some branch our services. My son had so many positive things going on & there was a few bad things. All in all i told him if he didn't try he would regret it the rest of his life because he had what it takes and did nothing, it would haunt him later in life. It has made him a very rounded individual, im proud of my 25th inf.div. Cav. Scout. Now its the firefighter academy. God Bless you and yours, thanks for what you do
Good morning brother . Great video . I have the privilege of living close to Fort Knox Kentucky . I ride bicycles almost daily with many military guys . Most of them are retired and they are great guys living and enjoying their lives to the fullest . You are so spot on about this country rotting from the inside . My favorite thing about retirement and living close to a large military base is most of the people you meet and deal with on a day to day basis are outstanding upright people and military families are same . You can generally pick out military kids very quickly on how they address you and carry themselves .
My wife is from Fort Knox and we are currently about to retire in Clarksville area.
@@renegadearms , congratulations on your retirement . I live in Rineyville Kentucky .
@@jameskellogg1162 yeah I know exactly where that is my wife was born on Ft Knox but her dad medically retired not long after that so she grew up in between Cecilia and E town.
@@renegadearms Road my bicycle through Cecilia Thursday . We ride all over Hardin County and Mede and Breckinridge County .
The hearing issue is no lie, after 24 years of working on the flight line I cant hear with my left ear and I am 60% deaf in the other. As a Navy brat I tried working as a civilian for a couple of years before joining. I just wasn’t cut out for that life. Once I enlisted it just felt right. My Dad retired as a Master Chief. I can take an ass chewing. He prepared my whole life for the military.
Joined the Army in the 80s at 17 and it made me a better man. Overall viewed it as a positive experience but agree it can take a toll on you mentally and physically that you will never completely heal from. Don't recommend joining military now because of all the reason that Chadd lays out.
Good Advice My Brother and Shipmate ⚓️🇺🇸
Amen brother
Good morning!
Agreed 100%
Very informative and eye opening video coming from a Navy Seal. I thought about joining at the age of 40 as an officer in USAF. It would be really cool if you could also do a video about older people joining as well. This was a great video. Specially the last section.
so Yes
I graduated USAF pilot training and had 2 years in Vietnam, not consecutively. Fulfilled my 4 year commitment. Pay was ok, plus combat and flight pay. I had made the decision to leave the service, so there was no going back, and since the war was over I knew things would change in the USAF. It was a tumultuous time in our country's history and I had to put it behind me and move on. My life has worked out pretty successfully since then. I'd do it all over again if we were at war, but I wouldn't want to do any job other than a pilot or some special operations positions. My advice to anyone considering the military is to get your college degree and go in as an officer. But, you have to consider the political environment and the woke bullshit going on now. It would suck and I'd probably get kicked out for not being able to put up with it.
Who would serve a country's military that censors speech?
I served over 20 years ago and the first point about making mistakes has another benefit. Yes you are held accountable for mistakes, but there’s also mistakes you can make in the military that have less consequences than in the civilian world (for example being too blunt with coworkers).
I did 24 years Navy 1980-2004, submarine service. When asked my answer is always the same: if you want to join, it is much better to join in as an officer, with a BS degree or the ROTC route, if you can't get into an academy.
Funny, I joined in 85 and thought that being an officer was not the way to go. Granted I was in the medical field and it seemed the officers all had their spines removed, so it's possible I'm clueless about what it takes to serve on a sub.
It would definitely be better to have the degree and not be doing manual labor and be the lowest person on the base till the end of your enlistment.
My Cousin Is in Navy doing that same MOS .. what's it like does it transfer to a civilian job ?
100% agree
I wouldn't advise going in today
Don’t join the military if you are looking for adventure. Join a hotshot crew and fight wildfires.
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Did 6 years in the Army reserves 2013-2019. Going back into the Army but active duty. Doing a different MOS. Being reserves I've had many different jobs in the real world but I didn't feel like I got the full Army experience since I was in the reserves. This time around I'm really striving to do everything I can. Will I make a career out of it? Who knows but the civilian life has it's downsides too. I am greatful to have learned skills now that I can use in the military the 2nd time around. Just general life skills that also come with being a little bit older. Worked many different types of jobs for the purpose of adding tools to my tool belt however those jobs never really gave me a sense of greater purpose. I got 1 life to live and I'm not wasting it anymore.
Just found your channel and I find it enjoyable. I wasn't in the military but I was a first responder on 9 11. That gave me a skill set that is unique to a situation like that. I often ask myself if I would risk my life and my health responding to another attack if God forbid that happens. I'm not sure. The innocents need to be helped but the government is as you sad rotted. Hopefully I never have to make the choice because it wouldn't be a easy one
Great talk brother!!! I couldn’t agree more with everything you said and you clearly though deeply on this subject.
Almost every single male and a few females in my family have served since immigrating here in the early 1900s. We all used to recommend it to pretty much everyone. Given everything that’s happened over the last 20 years, and the last 5 ish especially, not one more member of my family will ever join again. We advise everyone to stay far far away from it now. Most other vets are doing the same.
So the last 5 years is somehow worse than Vietnam?
@@Donner906 For America? Absolutely. Vietnam was just the beginning, probably closer to Korea. America changed after world war 2. Only in the last 5 years have we reached a tipping point in the amount of people waking up to this fact.
Outstanding dissertation
I would encourage people to do it, especially if they are young and single, and things aren’t great. Most people don’t get to or are not cut out for special operations, but if you want, you can serve in one of the many many positions available which will translate to civilian jobs very well. Not able to be in a really physical role? No college? You can become a radiologist, or a dental technician, you can work in financial fields, food service, air traffic control, you can earn your airframe and powerplant license and become a aircraft mechanic in the civilian world like I did, become a firefighter, and it’s not just the g.I. Bill. You can spend your active duty time going to say, the community college of the Air Force, and earn a degree in essentially anything you want, and then take that, or a degree in say engineering from university of Maryland and go on to try to become an officer or take the degree outside the military. If you do it, I would encourage you to make it your focus. 30 years ago I met so many folks in the military who treated their lives there like prison sentences, not taking advantage of their opportunities to grow and acting like they had not started life yet. They never got anything that translated to life after the military. If you have the ability to dedicate yourself to something and you have the mindset that you’re going to spend that time enriching yourself while you’re giving of yourself, you can turn a life where you’re lacking prospects into a real success.
Your stories are required listening Mr Wright ... more please ... nuff said
Thank you brother, this video was very timely. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ for speaking.
NOT UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION! They have showed us they don't care about OUR SOLDIERS or AMERICANS by their actions. (AFGANISTAN WITHDRAWEL) is one example! fjb!
Mornin brother
Need more BUDS stories! 🤙
Thanks Chad, for the honest perspective.
Yes sir Chadd, when I got out in 89, people just don't care.
I here ya bro.
I just loved serving, and still am a patriot....what's your thought on Toby Kieths service to us?
HOOAH.... Love ya bro....
I got out of high school [n 1967.I went to diesel mech school for 2 years and then started working pn big trucks and bulldozers.I got married in 1971 and joined the Marine Corps in 1972 at age 24.When I got out I stayed at Camp Lejeune N.C. I went to work on the base for the next 30 years It worked out for me. James
What made you feel compelled to join, especially knowing that you were a little older and married?
👍❤️🙏Happy Independence Day!!🎉🎉🎉
Not unless you wanna take the MARK.
Roger that. I appreciate you, Chadd.
Glad I made the right choice a few years ago to not go back.
The military pretty much sucks. I was an airborne infantryman for several years and was honorably discharged. I can say it was one of the least satisfying and most demeaning experiences of my life. Rewards such as promotions and medals aren't given based on experience or performance, but according to gender and how good one is at making others look good. I earned a perfect PT (fitness test) score the whole time I was in. I was The soldier of the quarter for the entire U.S. Army Europe. I had combat deployments. People in my chain of command held these things against me and I wasn't the only one. Thjere's a reason why so few people reenlist. When I first joined the food was ok, but then they turned it into Macdonand's. The whole environment became toxic with everyone afraid to speak any kind of truth for fear of offending someone and having their career destroyed. They often punish you emotionally and physically just because they don't like you personally. There is no trust. No cameradery, no honor. To put it more clearly, It sucks in pretty much every way. DON'T DO IT!!!
Tough question, after 30 years of government service I can’t even bring myself to tell anyone what I did.
When asked I simply say I worked for a living and that’s all.
I wish i had the answer.
Cool
I do not know about spec ops, that wasn't my thing, but I do know that most who serve in the combat arms: infantry, armor etc... will pay a price of some sort as they, along with spec ops, carry the load. Your service will come at a cost if you serve in a time of war, whatever war that may be. It may not be an immediate price, but the bill will come due at some point.
Nailed it...army vet
Actively search out a person/group that are prior mil and train with them. We will be fighting some of the “military” before too long.
Hey chadd, active duty USMC sergeant here.
I get out in 5 days after a 5 year contract. The military has become the softest, most tolerable organization as of recent because of this political climate. I’ve done multiple detachments, I engage in excruciatingly hard PT 5-6 days a week on my own time, I still hold myself to the same standard I was taught when I was a boot and I am now a leader of over 50 Marines in my shop. What my 5 years has taught me was 1) no one is going to put in the work for you. 2) integrity and discipline are the only 2 characteristics that will set you apart from your peers and 3) self accountability is the only way to better yourself.
How this all comes together? Those 3 strict principles do NOT get followed by newer Marines today and leadership had essentially castrated any sort of authority that the E4(corporal)-E7(gunnery sergeant) was able to administer to correct and teach young Marines.
In my squadron, over the last 2 years since E.O. Complaints have become more wide spread, we are not allowed to raise our voices, we cannot make our Marines run, we cannot keep them longer than their designated work hours to correct deficiencies and we are not allowed to informally counsel or handle things our own way any longer.
We are raising a force that will implode on itself because of the lack of grit and mental toughness we are able to enforce on our subordinates.
Cheers from NC
How are things goin? Find a good job?
@@micclay yeah man everything is good. Best choice I made monetarily was getting out. Some can’t say the same unfortunately
During the desert storm my dad told me it was all about saving the Bush family oil wells. I almost joined the Navy but got into trades apprenticeship instead.
Very similar happened to me, I was itching to join the Marines in 1983, but dad (8 years US Army) told me the reality of how political wars and conflicts and how politicians use our military to fight political wars.
I got into a woodworking career instead of going USMC.
I still love the USA and it’s Constitution very very much.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I went in at 17 in 1984 got out in 98 ,I would mind going back in at 57 ,I'm still in good shape .
Join only to get technical training then get out .
War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. He had been appointed commanding officer of the Gendarmerie during the 1915-1934 United States occupation of Haiti.
After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech "War Is a Racket". The speech was so well received that he wrote a longer version as a short book published in 1935. In War Is a Racket, Butler points to a variety of examples, mostly from World War I, where industrialists, whose operations were subsidized by public funding, were able to generate substantial profits, making money from mass human suffering.
The work is divided into five chapters:
War is a racket
Who makes the profits?
Who pays the bills?
How to smash this racket!
To hell with war!
It contains this summary:
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.
Butler confesses that during his decades of service in the United States Marine Corps:
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
2000-2012 11B....... There is absolutely no way I would ever join this woke military!
Explain how the military is “woke”….
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I wouldn’t right now
Good advice, one thing I would add . When you join the Military , your signing a Blank Check made payable to the United States of America.
Yeah. You have 0% freedom once you sign to protect “freedom”. It’s such a bootlicker mentality
If you have no plans and dk what you want NO.
Do some research there’s more than just combat roles, more than just sitting in a Joe room or having to inspect the broken equipment we have. definitely can benefit from the military.
Hooyah, sir.
I'm from a long line of military in my family, and I was proud to serve. At this time however, I will not recommend the military for my younger boys unless things drastically change.
Outstanding Chadd! You are a highly intelligent man! Keep telling it right!
My son joined the USAF in July 2020 for a 6 year hitch. He wanted to be E-3 from day one. Nearly 3 years later he is E-5. First year was in Texas, next two in Guam (spent one year with the Space Force, lol), now he is in South Korea (one year) and loves it. He Loves the Air Force. I didn't think he would make it thru bootcamp. Has his own apartement in S. Korea paid for by the USAF. Pay is decent, he saved a ton of money the last 3 years. Contributes the max to the pension plan they have. Is doing the college deal the last 2 years and takes advantage of every benefit they offer. His next stop is Aviano Italy to finish up his last 2 years, a beautiful area of the world. I'm worried he may stay for 20 years. I'd rather he come back to the Mainland and be closer to family. He's having the time of his life. He is an HVAC tech and is cross training into another career once he lands in Italy. Joining the military was the best thing he ever did. I personally would only join the Air Force or maybe the coast guard. Marines and Army hell no (too dangerous). Air Force is the Safe route.
Chair force is way to go.
I joined the USAF in 1985 at 18 years old and retired in 2005 at 38 years old. It was the BEST decision I ever made! The retired medical benefits are worth it alone!
Chair force is for quality of life
I joined in 1990, it was the save route at the time but post 911 it quickly became not so safe.
@@usarmyconstitution1 Mostly, not all though especially aircraft maintenance.
I just finished up my 20, I say no. Go to trade school, learn HVAC, pipe fitting, welding etc, live below your means, buy land in a red state, build a house off grid and raise a family under God. Eat most of your own grown/raised food and as your money grows, buy land around you. I say that too say this, I dropped out of computer school because of 9/11 in 2001. I joined, deployed a bunch and loved that era...2009/2010 DoD turned into a social experiment and started spiraling out of control, fast.
What would you say to someone who’s 23 married and just had 2 babies twins.And lives in California! Should I join army and use it to move to Texas. Gain a skill and get out? Or stay civilian move to Texas and get cdl?
@@mando2.049 we are deploying people around Isreal, Russia and Iran.... All places you don't want to be near. Especially in the army, you're going. Getting out of Cali is important though, but I don't know if it's worth 4 or 6 years of your life and limbs if you get injured. Plus you have new babies. You're spouse is going to be a single parent for awhile and if they aren't strong enough, it's going to break them and lead to a divorce. When you join the military, you are married to them now. You're spouse and kids and are mistress. Truck drivers make over 100k starting, you can be out of Cali in 1 year time if you save and prioritize. You won't make over 100k til you get close to retirement in 20 plus years if you make it e8 or higher with bah. The starting wage for an e1 ~ e4 is like under 36k per year, you can Google search enlisted pay chart and see for yourself. Getting stationed in Texas isn't a guarantee either. They go where the need is. You can put down Texas a you're follow on but it's up to them where they send you. We are all little paper boats in the military River. Once we are in, it's kind of up to them what happens.
@@Charlie_Bravo_Echo thanks for the wisdom. Definitely not joining now. Texas is definitely the move for me and my family.
@@Charlie_Bravo_Echo hey Charlie would it be worth it to do a 4 year contract just to get the GI bill and VA loan. And get out and then move to Texas ? Or is it to much of a risk with the way the world is looking right now especially if Biden wins again. I’ll use the GI bill for trade school. Thanks again be as brutally honest please I’m in a pickle on this one don’t wanna make a decision then regret it 10 years from now.
@@mando2.049 Yes it would in a very specific situation. If I would do it all over again I would join the Air Force or Space Force - do CYBER only, nothing else. I heard the signing bonuses are pretty high from my understanding, Like 30k to 60k. Plus you get a top secret clearance and a VERY usable skill once you get out. And plan plan plan to save all your money and avoid any deployments to get out at that 4 or 6 year mark with your head held high and a great paying skill moving forward.
Well this video abruptly stopped my re enlistment process. I guess I forgot how shitty it was in. The aches and pain I have in my back and knees from airborne.
Fook the ARMY.
Not until Potato Joe is gone.
I learned real quik if ur gonna be stupid u better be tough
I served 23 years with four tours and I was thankfully able to talk my sons out of joining. It broke my heart but the military is an fing dumpster fire currently. Rangers lead the way!
If I was young man and wanted to join the Military, I would join the Coast Guard. I like being on the water and doing patrols guarding our sea coast would be interesting. I like being around ships, but would not like serving on a large ship with hundreds of people.
Well said Chadd ! AIRBORNE - 84 All The Way
F no not with the corrupt government
NO, HELL NO. Get trained by former spec/ops yes.
And then train and prep like a madman. 1/75
Well said
It’s always these paranoid recluses that live in isolated areas that think the world is ending every minute
Well said, brother. Now just look up the Westminster Confession of Faith.
funny reading the comments and people are saying Brendon this or that don't join because of that, same excuse i hear since GW Jr, Brendon and all other Commander in Chief come and go but the bureaucracy stays , but on the other hand i say join, people around you make your experience, you team, i had some of the best memories with sections, platoons i was with, memories that will last for ever and you will never find same experience anywhere else. yes society is changing, technology is changing, war in Ukrain showed that combat is changing,
This is absolutely the worst time to be joining any military branch in the USA. Brandon and our administration has ruined everything and it is dangerous enough being lead by people like them and the higher ups within the branches. I 100% would not join today.
Freakin Brandon....
I’ve been retired since 2009. I sure as fuck wouldn’t join today folks. It’s a dog and pony show worse than before.
Not just Biden, goes a hell of a lot deeper than that but yes our military has been deeply infiltrated by nasty individuals at some of the highest levels, gotta really question what the motives of the military industry complex are
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I would add joining at any time is a bad time considering you are handing your life over to a foreign country who will use you to invade/destroy countries they don't like, all based on lies.