spaghoni t1_j3yf0yq wrote on January 11, 2023 at 10:37 PM

This is nothing new. Look up McNamara's Morons. The military loves using low IQ folks as cannon fodder.

SweetCosmicPope t1_j3yjmm1 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 11:06 PM

I remember when I joined the Navy they had a list of what your ASVAB percentage needed to be to be accepted into the airforce, navy, coast guard, army, or marines. Marines and army were much lower than the others and our recruiters were joking when we went to MEPS to take our ASVAB that if we didn't score high enough they were going to send us next door (marines recruiter was next door). lol

somerandomguy101 t1_j3z2l7f wrote on January 12, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Non-Essential.

cmomo80 t1_j3zf0pz wrote on January 12, 2023 at 2:43 AM

And free crayons

The_Lapsed_Pacifist t1_j40jhe7 wrote on January 12, 2023 at 9:32 AM

They gotta eat something

Elbynerual t1_j3ylac3 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 11:18 PM

We (navy here as well) joked that extraordinarily stupid people in the army that we worked with had to have been ASVAB waivers.

I've encountered a lot.

coursejunkie t1_j3z1j3z wrote on January 12, 2023 at 1:08 AM

My Air Force husband has said similar.

zencat420 t1_j3yny06 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 11:35 PM

"when I'm in charge every mission is a suicide mission!"