[pcb-rework]

Recruits need to realize the real potential for life-long mental and physical disability like my college roommate and also my neighbor. If you do become a DV, the cheapest place to live is TX and the cost of living is relatively very cheap short of moving to a Central American country. Typical injuries include exposure to chemicals like my dad being gassed with Agent Orange causing bladder cancer and type-1 adult-onset diabetes, college roommate busted their back doing a benchpress. Grandpa had a bad jump in combat that busted his neck and knees, and neighbor was blown up in a vehicle hit with an IED.

Compared to wartime: Both grandfathers lied about their ages (17) to enter WW2 and weren't particularly ultra-fit or healthy: one became a paratrooper commando who was severely injured (paratroopers don't actually jump into combat anymore), and the other was a forward-deployed radio tech. Each topped out at E8 and E7 respectively. First grandpa retired with triple retirements when that was possible.