My name is........hepcat wrote:
Esteem wrote:
I think what it comes down to is that a good bit of military guys suffer from low self esteem, they join the army to get self worth, based on the fact that they joined for the wrong reasons a lot of them continually lie about junk like this.
In every platoon there is a guy who has done the 2 mile in 10 flat and benches 325 didn’t you know ????
I agree with this. Especially if they join a fighting branch. Very insecure people. If enlistment age was raised to 26 we would see a far different military. Pentagon is exploiting vulnerable young fellows, and uses recruiting techniques college coaches would envy.
Fair comment?
I don't know if that's completely unfair, I was a recruiter for the Army so I've seen and recruited kids from different backgrounds and social groups.
However, I have a young man who ran in High School for me a couple years ago. 1:59 for the 800 and 4:36 for the 1600. He came from a completely dirt poor family. He is currently in the Army, in the infantry branch, (he knew exactly what he was doing when he joined) If anyone of y'all would speak to him, he is bigger (more muscular) now than he was just 2 years ago, and he probably couldn't break 5:30 for the mile right now. So you would obviously think he was lying.