{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "I think I\u2019d have enjoyed being a US Army officer back in the post-Vietnam fuckup Stripes era, posted to some base in Germany or...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/151672595887/", "html": "<p>I think I\u2019d have enjoyed being a US Army officer back in the post-Vietnam fuckup Stripes era, posted to some base in Germany or Korea or Japan.<br/></p><p>Like, at 23, \u201cHere\u2019s three dozen non-college bros having their dorm life experience, it\u2019s your job to tell them what to do. Here\u2019s where you\u2019ll practice blowing stuff up and play laser tag with real tanks all day, here\u2019s the bars and brothels at night. Try to keep the guys from getting picked up by the MPs drunk and fighty too much. <a href=\"http://prhome.defense.gov/Military-Deputy/PRRO/DDRP/Timeline/\" target=\"_blank\">Even if</a> they drug test dirty, not like we\u2019d have someone to replace them with.\u201d</p><p>\u201cHere\u2019s base pay at a solid conversion rate, here\u2019s enough to get a nice apartment, here\u2019s a bonus for going skydiving with your friends every few months. Have a great time, we\u2019ll call you up for a victory lap in the Gulf War and send you home to parades.\u201d</p><p>\u201cOh, and if Reagan ever gets frisky, we\u2019re sending you straight into a solid wall of tanks and shells. Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ll nuke it for you first.\u201d</p><p>I could dig that.<br/></p>"}