‘Morale is going to be at an all-time low’: Iran war troops living on meager rations
www.independent.co.uk
‘The food is tasteless and there’s not nearly enough and they’re hungry all the time’
  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    103·
    4 days ago

    You do realize that’s not actually an option right? Like, you can’t just quit the military. You can request your release, but they’re not gonna grant it until your ship gets cycled off of the operation and returns to a friendly port, and that’s assuming they grant it at all. They absolutely do not have to, and during an active military operation they’re extremely unlikely to.

    • Bloomcole@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Well looks like like the Eisenhower followed the example of the Ford: ‘sorry, can’t go, our ship is on fire’

    • brachiosaurus@mander.xyzEnglish
      27·
      4 days ago

      You do realize that’s not actually an option right? Like, you can’t just quit the military.

      Don’t say bullshit please, when they send you on a mission you can decide and refuse to go.

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        31·
        4 days ago

        That would either be insubordination, dereliction of duty, or going AWOL, depending on the exact context. All of those can buy you a court martial and potentially some time in military prison, as well as fines and other punishments.

        You’ve probably heard at some point about people volunteering for deployments, which is a thing that happens, but only on a “Volunteers get first dibs” basis. If they don’t have the numbers they start tasking people and you absolutely do not get to say no. That’s why you swear an oath. It’s not a regular job, they own your ass. During actual conflicts like this they even get to keep people on after their contracts are up, if it’s required for “operational tempo.”

        Oh, actually, here’s an additional fun fact (provided by one of the serving military members I showed your previous comments to, after they were done laughing their asses off); when you’re overseas on an operation you travel on a military passport, which is kept locked up by the orderlies, and even if you got it back somehow you’d need travel orders to use it. Airports will literally refuse to board you on the plane if you don’t have paperwork saying you’re not AWOL. It’s not only illegal for these guys to go home, it’s also basically impossible.

        • brachiosaurus@mander.xyzEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          That would either be insubordination, dereliction of duty, or going AWOL, depending on the exact context. All of those can buy you a court martial and potentially some time in military prison, as well as fines and other punishments.

          I would rather spend some time in military prison than murder kids fighting for a pedophile.

          Trump was re-elected in 2024 and the first attack to iran was carried last years. That’s plenty of time to leave.

          • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            OK, but what you said was “Stop fighting for a pedophile and go home.”

            That’s the misapprehension I was correcting. Now you’re just saying a completely different thing.