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“the brass always needs bodies. . . . They have turned to . . . military-style reform schools packed with troubled teens. The resulting class . . . leading enlisted troops into battle includes Rhodes Scholars and former juvenile delinquents.”
Unless things have changed, you need a waiver to enlist with a criminal record, and officer standards are higher. So I’m not sure where this assertion is coming from.
— Sep 01, 2026 09:29PM
Unless things have changed, you need a waiver to enlist with a criminal record, and officer standards are higher. So I’m not sure where this assertion is coming from.
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Here we have the conflation of religion and Christianity. CHRISTIANITY “casts death as an honorable sacrifice that secures deliverance” and “view[s] pain and punishment as pious.” There are only three instances in Judaism where death is preferable to the violation of mitzvot, and Judaism is supposed to bring our lives beauty meaning—you don’t get extra points for torturing yourself.
— Sep 08, 2026 10:10AM
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This chapter about public schools makes me realize I’m surprised the current administration hasn’t pushed for a heavier JROTC presence in schools. But I guess Pete would be upset girls are allowed.
— Sep 06, 2026 09:10AM
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I don't know too much about California history, but I'm having trouble squaring how a cadet was enrolled in West Point but was discovered to be living in Orange County. California was still part of Spain in ~1818, so was a Spanish national enrolled in USMA? Or was there Anglo settlement there a lot earlier than I thought?
— Sep 02, 2026 11:12AM
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Most juvenile criminal records get sealed once you turn 18. Unless you, like, murder someone or steal a yacht, you get a do-over for adulthood. Speaking from experience lmao
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Tea wrote: "Most juvenile criminal records get sealed once you turn 18. Unless you, like, murder someone or steal a yacht, you get a do-over for adulthood. Speaking from experience lmao"When I was trying to enlist they told me they can still see sealed juvenile records so you need to disclose them, but I suppose I don't know how true that actually is.
Dan wrote: "Tea wrote: "Most juvenile criminal records get sealed once you turn 18. Unless you, like, murder someone or steal a yacht, you get a do-over for adulthood. Speaking from experience lmao"When I wa..."
Lmao, yeah, unless things have changed a lot, they were full of shit. Or it's possible the Navy and Army have access to different stuff than the Marines, but that seems unlikely. I *could* see the Marines just not giving a shit about juvenile offenses, though. They do tend to get a rougher crowd of recruits, for obvious reasons.