Post #4653389 · Elektrine

2026-09-02 03:58 UTC

Not all of them. I worked cyber systems in the Air Force and Air National Guard. I served State Active Duty during the 2018 election cycle (we didn’t go to any polling places and were told to wear civilian clothes in case we had to so we didn’t disturb people). During our basic training we spent all of half a day at a range learning to shoot. Not exactly a ton of learning how to kill. Most people in the military aren’t taught how to kill. There are far more people doing logistics work than doing the deadly stuff.

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@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2026-09-02 04:17

During our basic training we spent all of half a day at a range learning to shoot. Not exactly a ton of learning how to kill. Most people in the military aren’t taught how to kill. There are far more people doing logistics work than doing the deadly stuff. They just taught you to wing ‘em? More to the point. Everyone in the military is taught to kill. Not everyone is taught to be the trigger puller. At not point in history has the trigger puller, the spear-stab by-guy, or the rocky-smash-smash-man ever gone to war without others fighting along side them- or indeed, people providing logistical support. All of that is what allows a military to function. The purpose of the armed services is to kill the enemies of the state. Ostensibly for the protection of the state’s citizens. That is why you being deployed to a polling place would “disturb” people.

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