(04-14-2021, 10:54 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(04-14-2021, 05:58 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Maybe the military is different, but I worked with a guy on a river boat casino who was an army veteran. He told me he joined the Army, because he wanted to feel what it was like to shoot someone. He then told me how disappointed he was that he never got that chance. (He never got deployed.) I always wondered how no one saw his odd behavior and the way he talked? He basically told everyone this story. I guess I assumed the military and police departments used the same type of psychological exam. Apparently, I assumed wrong.

The military doesn't require psychological exams for recruits and not everyone who serves/served is like your former coworker. I was in the Army and certainly never met anyone like that. There were folks who would do their job if and when it was required, but no one was looking for a fight but I was out of active duty before 9/11. Maybe folks were looking after that happened. Guys who really do feel that way generally don't talk about it, they just do it. There are some who are wired a bit different though.

I really think they should have a psychological exam before entry. That guy I worked with needed to be weeded out. He didn't last long at the riverboat job either. He certainly did not like taking orders and thought he knew how to run things better than the supervisors and would tell them so. He had a real problem with authority.

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