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Yeah no shit
Is this surprising to anyone really? Most people in the military, even active duty, are fairly "apolitical." Yeah they lean slightly right all the way to far right wing, just like 99% of Americans. But they aren't like thinking they're all warriors for God or something.
It's mostly underperforming young people who are in good physical health and either couldn't find a job in the private sector or couldn't be fucked to find one. Sign up for the military, try to position yourself in a cushy position, and do nothing while getting a paycheck.
The NG guys absolutely 100% are far less "gung ho" than the active who are already far from gung ho. NG being activated means they gotta do stuff. They didn't sign up to do stuff! Not in the NG! They signed up to like go stack some sandbags after a bad flood. Other than that they go to trainings, get the pay, get the benefits, that's all they want. Not to be activated and abused for the political ends of some dipshit narcissist. That means they gotta be in conflict with people. They gotta wear a uniform. They gotta travel to Portland. That's all way too much work just so Fatass in Chief can jerk off to the handsome troops.
Maybe in the army, come see the air force base in Colorado Springs; they really believe they're warriors for God.
Man fuck Colorado Springs. You’ve got the Air Force Academy, 2 separate “Space Force” bases, the other “Space Force” complex in Cheyenne mountain, and also an Army Air Base, and then to top it off you’ve got Focus on the Family and like 1000 other Evangelical organizations.
Using dating apps there was fucking impossible
Is that the Air Force academy? Or the space nerds? I could believe junior officers in training huffing those delusions. Don't think I've seen/heard of but a handful of the Hegseth phenotype. The drunken wife beating Crusader
The Springs are a scary ass cult town