Posted on Dec 13, 2015
In defense of millennials, they are 90% of the military today!
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I know, I know, this is unexpected, but I have to defend the millennials guys...
Millennials are 90% of the military. That's pretty indisputable. They're the ones doing MOST of the fighting, so articles like this are pretty much BS. And before you say "but it's only like 1% of them!", that's true. But that's been true of every generation since 1775 (WWII exempted). The military has ALWAYS been less than 1% of the populace for every generation. Isn't that why everyone loves that 1% slogan so much? It's also a statistical irrelevance. Every profession is less than 1% of the nation. Janitors, teachers, cops, firefighters, crab fisherman, parking lot attendants, all are less than 1%. It's just statistics... There is no profession that is more than 1%.. so it's a meaningless statement.
Pretty much every generation has smacked talked it's replacement. It's fun, but it's intellectually dishonest. I'm sure the greatest generations' parents thought they were a bunch of pansies too...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/10/millennials-embrace-a-long-standing-tradition-letting-someone-else-fight-their-wars/
Millennials are 90% of the military. That's pretty indisputable. They're the ones doing MOST of the fighting, so articles like this are pretty much BS. And before you say "but it's only like 1% of them!", that's true. But that's been true of every generation since 1775 (WWII exempted). The military has ALWAYS been less than 1% of the populace for every generation. Isn't that why everyone loves that 1% slogan so much? It's also a statistical irrelevance. Every profession is less than 1% of the nation. Janitors, teachers, cops, firefighters, crab fisherman, parking lot attendants, all are less than 1%. It's just statistics... There is no profession that is more than 1%.. so it's a meaningless statement.
Pretty much every generation has smacked talked it's replacement. It's fun, but it's intellectually dishonest. I'm sure the greatest generations' parents thought they were a bunch of pansies too...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/10/millennials-embrace-a-long-standing-tradition-letting-someone-else-fight-their-wars/
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Always wanting to do more with less.
The 1% topic here... Correct, but you forgot the 2nd part of the tagline... Only 1% of the populace is QUALIFIED (100%, no waivers med or moral, or special processing) to enlist.
The 1% topic here... Correct, but you forgot the 2nd part of the tagline... Only 1% of the populace is QUALIFIED (100%, no waivers med or moral, or special processing) to enlist.
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