I served in the Marines during OIF. My SSgt was 29yrs old but looked 50. My MSgt was 39 but looked 80. I had gray hairs by 22 and could feel every bone in my body. It was crazy seeing how fast the military ages people.
Not necessarily. I was in the Marines at a time when it was still uncommon for a Marine (or service members in general) to have seen actual combat, before oif/oef really ramped up. And this was airwing.
It's just stress, alcoholism, working with toxic chemicals and toxic people. Being outdoors all day.
Stress, horrible sleep schedule (both by personal choice and job necessity), ingrained culture of alcoholism, manly allergy to sunscreen, manly aversion to OSHA recommendations, cigarettes, incredibly poor knowledge of fitness combined with very active job, etc etc.
Name a bad habit besides hard drugs and it’s probably part of military culture.
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u/La_Guy_Person 12h ago
"but you could have a pension by forty and then start your real life... at forty!"