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I've noticed anecdotally that people who join the military are mostly either really nice people or really terrible
With terrible being The kind of ppl that murder random civies from range and will high five each other for it. Then claim they felt threatened.
That is very true. Leaning more toward the terrible side, in my experience. However, the terrible people usually get out pretty early in their career, while the good people tend to stick around longer and make a full career out of it.
Not always the case; I've definitely met some terrible high ranking leaders in the military. But generally speaking, You need some solid core values in order to go far in your military career.