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Elliot Ackerman on Writing, Military Service, and Polarization | People Do Well When They Can

The Daily Stoic

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What Made You Enlist?

i don't come from what i would consider a military family. My grandfather served in the navy for a couple of years in world war two. I wanted, i think, a job coming out of college, a where whether i was good at my job or bad at my job really matter. As an officer, thay would foot, you know, as a marine infantry officer,. thay put you in charge of forty five people a and then the last thing was, i was like that kid who never stopped playing with his g i joes. So combined those three elements, it led me into the marines. And nd then some i had a very positive experience rinkle that sort

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