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Originally posted by Sparhawk
This surprised me about the responses as well. I think people tend to forget that these are all 18-20 year old kids, signing probably the first contracts of their lives. Ask 4 out of 5 of them if their recruiter lied or misrepresented facts to get them to join, they'll say yeah. And please don't say Caveat Emptor to me, say it to the 18 year old in an afghani foxhole.
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I think the assumption that most are 18 to 20 years old is mistaken. While this may be true of the infantry, it's almost certainly not true of the reservists and national guard troops in Iraq. They are typically either former military or already established in their careers, not right out of high school.
Even if your statement was entirely true, at 18 you have a pretty good idea about what the military is about. And you certainly do not go into an MOS like infantry without a real good understanding of what it means.