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the military begins recruiting ‘soldiers’ before they grow out of their booster seat

four year olds have toy guns and green army men

by grade school you’ve memorized the star spangled banner and the pledge of allegiance

in middle school you’re old enough to play first person shooters set in war times. you and your friends brag about how many kills you have, what guns are your favorite

in high school, rotc comes to visit. you get letters in the mail detailing scholarship and housing opportunities you could have

and if you’re poor or unsure of your future or in love with the idea of ‘protecting your country’ like the men in call of duty

every branch of the military has a sponsored blog on here because they want everyone 13 and up to know that soldiers are heroes and they should join them

To those of you who were wondering, this is a very US-specific post. What gets done to you guys is terrifying, and it’s really unfair.

Ah yes I remember how the different military branches visited my high school at multiple times throughout the year and set up their little pull up bars and had little competitions and the strong little ones got lanyards so the recruiters could pick them out

I dont even know if you’re joking or not

We’re not

We are so not.

This is all 100% accurate and I just now realized how fucking creepy is all is

I took the ASVAB while in my senior year of high school and the recruiters started calling me right away. 

We were all encouraged to take the ASVAB in high school whether we were planning to go into the military or not. I got a letter from West Point right after getting my results back, and honestly if I were more conservative and less of a nerdy spaghetti noodle, I would have considered it. They were very complimentary of my scores.

I’m pretty sure the only reason my high school didn’t get much military recruitment and ROTC and stuff was cuz we were a school specifically for kids on the autism spectrum and autistic people can’t serve in the military.

And I’m pretty sure the reason we didn’t get them was that we were a sci/tech high school, and they wanted us all working for the Department of Defense designing the weapons for everyone else to use.

(Worked, too. >_<)