Devildoc
Verified Military
Good article about the emotional and mental toll the job takes, and how dog-eat-dog that community can be. I knew a handful throughout my time and they all, to a man, said it was a very difficult job with a zero-defect mentality.
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide
My last job before I got my commission was HM on I&I staff for a reserve FSSG unit. We got a new 1st sgt who came from the drill field and we thought he was going to be a hard ass. Truth was he was very chill and used that job, his sunset tour, to reacclimate to "real" life.
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide
My last job before I got my commission was HM on I&I staff for a reserve FSSG unit. We got a new 1st sgt who came from the drill field and we thought he was going to be a hard ass. Truth was he was very chill and used that job, his sunset tour, to reacclimate to "real" life.
