Before the Vietnam War, joining the military was considered a dubious risk at best for a young man, and a terrible risk for a young woman. Still in the afterglow of World War II, at a never-ending standoff against a cold enemy, the USSR, multiple proxy wars raging across the globe, the likelihood that you would find yourself in combat was extremely high. The military, after all, was meant to fight and win wars, and up through the Vietnam War, that meant hard, ground-pounding, sweat and blood, beast of burden work in the face of death. You might be fortunate enough to get a job in the military in some support position, a clerk, a cook, a truck driver, but you were still fairly exposed to all the dangers of war. Joining the military was not such a good idea then, especially if you intended to live a good, long life.
Suddenly, in the 1980s, joining the military became a different prospect. The cold war was winding down, the prospects of war were diminishing throughout the globe, and a new sort of military was taking form, one based on computer technology.
Joining the military today puts you at far less risk of getting wounded, maimed or killed in combat situations, thanks to the astounding advances in computer technology and cybernetics. If you still find yourself assigned to a combatant role, you're far better off than your Dad was when he was a doggy fighting the Nazis with an M1. Today, technology supplies you with bullet proof vests that will stop all but the must vicious bullets and shrapnel. Your weapons now come with laser beams to guide your aim, and the night vision scope has revolutionized night fighting, putting you at a great advantage to armies with lesser technological backing. Darkness is no longer a danger as it had been throughout all the centuries of human strife. The modern fighting man is like no other in the history of the world, almost invincible.
Combine that with drones, that's right, man-less killing machines guided from some comfortable office back in the states, and the only one that needs to worry is your enemy whom you can kill while sipping coffee in a warm, secure bunker thousands of miles away. Joining the military today no longer means putting your life at risk. Today, it means opening doors to new career opportunities in technology and security. See you local recruiter to find out more about it.
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