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Their training is to kill. It’s in the conduct and prosecution of war.
They might be better trained, but that training is not applicable to any law enforcement activity.
And it’s absolutely not fucking applicable to exercise your rights as an American citizen to vote.
Not all of them. I worked cyber systems in the Air Force and Air National Guard. I served State Active Duty during the 2018 election cycle (we didn't go to any polling places and were told to wear civilian clothes in case we had to so we didn't disturb people). During our basic training we spent all of half a day at a range learning to shoot. Not exactly a ton of learning how to kill. Most people in the military aren't taught how to kill. There are far more people doing logistics work than doing the deadly stuff.
They just taught you to wing ‘em?
More to the point. Everyone in the military is taught to kill. Not everyone is taught to be the trigger puller.
At no point in history has the trigger puller, the spear-stabby-stab-guy, or the rocky-smash-smash-man ever gone to war without others fighting along side them- or indeed, people providing logistical support.
All of that is what allows a military to function.
The purpose of the armed services is to kill the enemies of the state. Ostensibly for the protection of the state’s citizens.
That is why you being deployed to a polling place would “disturb” people.
Yes, but also no. Like I said my training wasn't in killing it was in cyber systems. Securing a server does not kill people. Yes, it's all part of the weapon system, but I have no clue how to wield those weapons along with most people in the military.
I think it witless be more disturbing because people would assume something is being rigged. They would assume the government is exerting some sort of influence over the election. Especially if we were there getting on a computer... We don't even carry weapons.
I was in the Air Force, and our training included more about hand-to-hand non-lethal crowd control than actual killing.
See my response to the other guy that said similar-
Everyone in the armed services are trained to kill. Not everyone is a trigger puller.
Even if all you’re doing is serving as a cook- that role is to support and enable others; and is part of the overall job of killing enemies of the state.
Okay, then every taxpayer is a killer, too.
Paying taxes is compulsory. Military service is not.
When the military isn deployed, the purpose is to kill enemies of the state.
When the military is deployed to polling stations - those enemies are voting citizens.
Ask yourself why it’s military cyber sec and not, I dunno, FBI or, like, state-level people.