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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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I think in the civilian world we make up that people in the military get to order people to do things. In my experience i've found that that's not actually a how it was, i'm sure know. My fen people think jealous of the idea that you get to give orders. I don't think people always understand that there is often a very significant entra prenural side of being in the military. It seems likea this gene ation of military leaders learned a set of skills, and also just generally have a kind of togetherness that actually functions quite well. And i feel like all the ex military people i've met are writers, or want to write, want

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