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haele

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18. I know some active duty Marines and Sailors who are Democrats....
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 04:09 PM
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Mostly the lower ranks and minority members. Military Members are not and mostly do not advertise their political leanings, because they have to be able to serve the Constitution, rather than a particular political "boss". 80% of those in the military are there for benefits - a way to reinvent themselves, to "grow up" in a structured environment away from past roadblocks, to get paid and maintained as well as getting an education...to get paid, period if they were stuck in a location where there were no jobs around. Most didn't join to play a live fire video game.
The 10% loud ones that are portrayed as the stereotypical enlisted are typically meatheads who mentally peaked in High School (cannon fodder).
The ones to worry about are the 20% smarter psycho types who joined to kill or maim something so they could play God as well as "Warrior".

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