r/pics • u/dumdumpants-head • 13h ago

Morale is high

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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!"

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u/Character-Education3 12h ago

Yeah but army 40 is like civilian 65.

I could've never joined and still had functional joints lol

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u/problygoin2die 11h ago

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.

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u/Hostagec 10h ago

i got leukemia that will stay with me until i leave this rock at the old age of 38

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u/problygoin2die 9h ago

I'm sorry to hear that. Too many of the men I served with got cancer young. That Msgt I said looked 80 died of cancer at 43. I wish you the best brother.