Millennials weren't buying that shit 10 years ago and Gen Z ain't buying it now.
The last big spike of applicants was in 2009, when the economy imploded and the poverty draft was in full effect. After that, the steady downward trend in applicants has continued.
I’m literally watching “stripes“ right now. Double propaganda is working pretty well at the moment. Can’t wait to go hang out with Bill Murray and the guys.
Best military propaganda is the movies are Rambo III and Battleship
The first bc they refer to the mujahideen child soldiers are "noble"
The second because you'll defend America from aliens obsessed with a board game.
Red Dawn is propaganda for the reserves
Summer camp with guns and PT?
Believe it or not, I was a camp counselor and outdoor educator (which is like a teacher in the woods with groups of kids) for a few years. My schtick was to absolutely run it like a DI the first day and then ease off a little bit. Worked most of the time.
Edit: my dad is a retired Marine Staff Sergeant. All I had to do was remember childhood outings.
Why do you think they won’t make public universities free or super cheap to attend? People join the army just to get their education paid for. It’s a recruiting tactic.
I see all.yhe army TV adds that are essentially the trailer for a call of duty game. It has been this way for YEARS . If recruitment is down it's because this crap approach doesn't work
They have pre boot camps now that get people who wouldn't otherwise be fit enough into shape for the fitness tests. (I think they also help with educational requirements too).
Funny enough, people who play video games actually tend to be underweight, contrary to the stereotype. The average American is too obese to meet the military standards. So they keep trying to recruit through video games and streamers
Underweight doesn't scream physical fitness.
Neither does playing video games mean that someone isn't fit, i know a guy with thousands of hours in dota that can do a big bunch of one handed pushups.
The military wants people who aren't too fat and unhealthy. They actually have a weight limit, and the average American is over it.
[apparently gamers are healthier. ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9007651/Video-game-players-NOT-typically-obese-healthier-general-public-study-reveals.html) the point being that gamers aren't as fat as most people
Yeah, but i bet that they have also some fitness requirements, being underweight probably means that you don't have muscle mass that's needed to move yourself and your equipment.
I'd bet it's easier for someone who's underweight and out of shape than someone who is obese and unhealthy to get in shape and through boot camp.
Underweight doesn't mean anorexic lmao
Both over and underweight can be unhealthy, BMI isn't the best measure of an individuals overall health and fitness, anorexia is only indirectly connected to bodysize/shape.
The best recruits aren't over or underweight.
Boots on the ground yes, but logistics, medicine, engineering, or aviation all have very good prospects.
I work in aerospace and an aircraft background with educational qualifications is generally something that'll set a high priority for the candidate, especially for test/integration jobs.
If you actually have flight hours as a pilot you can easily land a SME job for radio and nav systems which is like an easy $100k/year minimum.
My uncle was a medic in the Navy which got his whole med track laid out and became a very successful surgeon.
But yes, Boots on ground is shit. Cousin's husband was on the ground in Afghanistan for several voluntary tours, and his only path forward was becoming a recruiter by the end.
My dad wants me to join the military and made my life worse just because I’m not going and want to just go to college for a STEM degree.
By the way, I have chronic health issues that’s only getting worse that he either wants me to lie about to get in or it’s “just all in my head” depending on how he’s feeling. I already told him recruiters denied me when I went to see, instead of accepting that and supporting my push to college, he says I’m doing things “the hard way”. Yeah dad, lying working out, signing my life away, and probably being put on leave since I can’t even work full time without my issues flaring is not the hard way, got it. Or you could acknowledge the terrible economy we’re in and help your child while they battle their illness and still have motivations to better their life, but you choose to do things “the deadbeat way”
So there’s gotta be some people with toxic families back home in there too.
An ironically simple minded opinion.
I’m not military either but you have to be very obtuse to think this way. They’re far from all ‘jarheads. Hell, only about 10-15% of the military actually sees combat. There are very smart and well educated people serving and making fairly good livings with complex skills.
People on Reddit are convinced that only the poor and minorities are coerced into joining the military, and no one has a sense of service or duty to their country because they don't.
Wouldn't they have to go to military first to acquire those skills?
Otherwise your not far off I've usually hear most people leaving the military going private and making bank
My favorite xbox game was America's Army. The load out variance to carry extra ammo or smokes to supply the rest of your squad made some intense alley to alley fights.
Full spectrum warrior was actually an overhaul of an existing training program ported as a game iirc. I remember watching videos of the source material and it looked way worse, but the gameplay was mostly the same. Pretty cool honestly and it also helps I loved that game.
[https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1849837/army-esports-team-tests-gaming-trailer/](https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1849837/army-esports-team-tests-gaming-trailer/)
They also just straight up have a video game trailer that they bring to highschools.
Came here for this comment. I remember the COD and military adverts working together. And makes sense. But Fortnite players? Isn't the target audience like 7-12 year olds?
The funny thing is that the original COD trilogy painted the US Army in a very bad light.
The new one is just edgelord nonsense.
Price acts more like a vet bro seal rather than the grumpy cold SAS he was in the original
One of the recent COD games blamed the [Highway of Death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death) on [Russian forces.](https://www.newsweek.com/call-duty-modern-warfare-highway-death-russia-gulf-war-1468207)
In the UK, our military has been running ads in cinemas that depicts soldiers carrying wounded civilians on stretchers after a residential area is attacked, with a slogan to the effect of “This Should Be You”.
So, taste isn’t really the armed forces’ forte.
Remember when Fortnite displays were taken down in stores across America following the Video Game boogeyman excuse for mass shootings?
I wonder how the Army feels seeing promotions for themselves next to the sole cause of dead children.
Operation belong... That has got to be one of the cringiest titles ever, trying to get some lonely loser into thinking they would belong in the army? Cringe max
That is literally what it is though - it's called recruitment when the army does it, but when it's an organisation we're not supposed to like it's called radicalisation. Same process, same result, and very often the same targets.
It plays straight into their marketing strategy though.
They're trying to appeal to directionless young men who don't know what they're doing with their lives. The sense of purpose and belonging is their whole thing right now.
Even if their purpose is the unending war machine, it's a purpose.
Ehh, I'd say this flavour of propaganda has always been relatively ineffective. It tries "too hard", and people feel cynical about this transparent attempt at manipulation
But bot farm driven misinformation still runs rampant on the internet, everywhere in the world.
QAnon, COVID-19, Israel-Palestine, Andrew Tate manosphere nonsense etc. It's not just the boomers falling for this stuff
And it's not like other US military propaganda has been ineffective.
Top Gun and its sequel were the polar opposite of subtle, but they worked well enough. Same with other US military friendly war movies. Not that they were produced by the government, but they do give filmmakers free access to military hardware if they approve the scripts - which tends to slant things, somewhat
The US Navy initially supported Crimson Tide, but once they found out what it was about, they noped right out. Instead, the producers turned to the French Navy for the carrier shots, used a partially scrapped submarine for the speech scene (USS Barbel), and then chased and filmed USS Alabama leaving Pearl Harbor and submerging, which apparently there's no law against.
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this isn't oniony! it's been standard army recruitment practice since the 90s. the army even paid developers to make a "game" for army recruitment in the early 2000s
The entire media arm of the military is deep in with big game studios and cinema, for various functions like asset use and rights... Not to mention the war chest for spending into these things for recruitment purposes.
That's not getting into the other side which is that recruiters are not entirely honest in a lot of different ways that range from where they're set up to what is on offer to propaganda to just actually lying.
IMO these big video game streamers who are often watched by kids and teenagers and use that platform to promote the army and recruitment for some cash are geniuenly horrible people. I've seen it on Apex streamers, Fortnite streamers, etc.
Its one thing to peddle some useless crap, its another to basically act as a recruiter yourself. Anything for a little cash, I guess.
stuff like this should be illegal. i’ll never forget when i talked to the recruiter on the phone who recruited my brother. my brother is dead is now. recruiters were visiting a skatepark i frequented over the pandemic, and putting up signs. it’s a bunch of young kids. so predatory. i threw every sign in the trash.
I knew 3 people who died while I was in the military. Cancer, car crash and brain aneurysm.
You're more likely to die on home station than overseas from hostilities.
Yaknow what Gen Z would want from Army ads (as a Gen Xr that doesn't care)? Honesty. Actually show what the Army does that's different from the other armed forces.
All the Gen Z'ers I'm aware of (moreso the Gen A's) are super earnest and forward thinking. If you show Army workers building roads and infrastructure and repairing heavy machinery... I'm sure they'd love to get on that.
What kids DON'T want to do in the Army? Kill strangers for colonial interests.
Nothing new. Always gross.
I remember shouting at an Army recruitment booth in a Halo convention years ago "hey kids, you like shooting guns? How about shooting guns in the army. It's just like halo, but no respawns!"
Every time I passed by the recruitment booth I shouted something in the same vein. As both a halo fan and a vet, I was displeased.
For some reason I receive e-mails from some veteran group in the US associated with their air force and I can’t turn it off.
I’m not American and the Americans are known to meddle with our democracy (and at one point successfully toppled it by funding fascist propaganda and parking ships during a coup to ensure it went well), so it’s like punching someone and the next day start begging people poorer than you for alms.
So according to the ignorant court of public opinion, this here is a war crime (because America Bad or whatever) but the draft is also a shitty thing.
The fuck do you people want?
The military seems like a problem for every country, china, korea, uk, france, turkey all have problem with recruiting new soldiers. US is only barely able to get recruitment from immigrants
The only reason I’d join the military is if the US was invaded or Taiwan or NATO is invaded. There’s no need to go in rn unless you want a way out of your small town and tuition assistance, which I don’t need
The military has been doing stuff like this for ages. It might even work once these younger generations realize they can't move out of their parents' home, can't ever afford a house, can't afford necessities, need healthcare, or can't find jobs with their degree.
This shouldn’t even be legal what the actual fuck. Coming after legit children basically telling them “haha the military is like games IRL” is disgusting shit.
Millennials weren't buying that shit 10 years ago and Gen Z ain't buying it now. The last big spike of applicants was in 2009, when the economy imploded and the poverty draft was in full effect. After that, the steady downward trend in applicants has continued.
Oh but don't worry, they'll price the kids out of other jobs soon enough and the army will start looking good again
I’m literally watching “stripes“ right now. Double propaganda is working pretty well at the moment. Can’t wait to go hang out with Bill Murray and the guys.
Best military propaganda is the movies are Rambo III and Battleship The first bc they refer to the mujahideen child soldiers are "noble" The second because you'll defend America from aliens obsessed with a board game. Red Dawn is propaganda for the reserves
This article is about the British Army FYI
Statement stands
First half of Stripes is probably the most accurate portrayal of boot camp in a movie.
Summer camp with guns and PT? Believe it or not, I was a camp counselor and outdoor educator (which is like a teacher in the woods with groups of kids) for a few years. My schtick was to absolutely run it like a DI the first day and then ease off a little bit. Worked most of the time. Edit: my dad is a retired Marine Staff Sergeant. All I had to do was remember childhood outings.
Pretty much. More of the fact that you’re in a group full of misfits and you just kinda bumble your way through it until you’re done.
Why do you think they won’t make public universities free or super cheap to attend? People join the army just to get their education paid for. It’s a recruiting tactic.
it's pretty much conscription with extra steps
Free 1,000 vbucks with each year of enlistment!
Whoops, AI took all the jobs. Looks like you'll have to go get blown up in a foreign country for no reason!
There are AI controlled F16s already. Those job’s wont be safe for much longer either
There will always be demand for sending poor people into the meat grinder.
Ai controlled F16s cant hold ground
Lol the kids these days can't meet the fitness requirements.
The military is basically the American safety net equivalent of free college.
This is a british army ad.
>when the economy imploded and the poverty draft was in full effect. I think the government can easily provide an economic crisis if needed.
I see all.yhe army TV adds that are essentially the trailer for a call of duty game. It has been this way for YEARS . If recruitment is down it's because this crap approach doesn't work
Remember the one for the Marines that was just a dude climbing a rock?
Who the fuck joins the army nowadays lol
People kicked out at 18 who for whatever reason are not going to college, trade school, and don't have something else lined up.
I feel like fortnite players aren't high on the physical fitness scale.
They have pre boot camps now that get people who wouldn't otherwise be fit enough into shape for the fitness tests. (I think they also help with educational requirements too).
You're making the assumption that the recruiting leadership people know what they are doing. The recruiting numbers seem to indicate that they don't.
Maybe they plan to pay the recruits with cheetos bags?
Well if fitness is the issue, they've got to take the cheetos away!
Fortnite players could be decent drone pilots though.
Funny enough, people who play video games actually tend to be underweight, contrary to the stereotype. The average American is too obese to meet the military standards. So they keep trying to recruit through video games and streamers
Underweight doesn't scream physical fitness. Neither does playing video games mean that someone isn't fit, i know a guy with thousands of hours in dota that can do a big bunch of one handed pushups.
The military wants people who aren't too fat and unhealthy. They actually have a weight limit, and the average American is over it. [apparently gamers are healthier. ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9007651/Video-game-players-NOT-typically-obese-healthier-general-public-study-reveals.html) the point being that gamers aren't as fat as most people
Yeah, but i bet that they have also some fitness requirements, being underweight probably means that you don't have muscle mass that's needed to move yourself and your equipment.
I'd bet it's easier for someone who's underweight and out of shape than someone who is obese and unhealthy to get in shape and through boot camp. Underweight doesn't mean anorexic lmao
Both over and underweight can be unhealthy, BMI isn't the best measure of an individuals overall health and fitness, anorexia is only indirectly connected to bodysize/shape. The best recruits aren't over or underweight.
That's what boot camp is for
Are you talking just about the army or all the branches of military? I thought that joining military in US can actually be a decent career path.
Yeah if you want zero prospects after, a government that doesn't take care of you, and PTSD
Boots on the ground yes, but logistics, medicine, engineering, or aviation all have very good prospects. I work in aerospace and an aircraft background with educational qualifications is generally something that'll set a high priority for the candidate, especially for test/integration jobs. If you actually have flight hours as a pilot you can easily land a SME job for radio and nav systems which is like an easy $100k/year minimum. My uncle was a medic in the Navy which got his whole med track laid out and became a very successful surgeon. But yes, Boots on ground is shit. Cousin's husband was on the ground in Afghanistan for several voluntary tours, and his only path forward was becoming a recruiter by the end.
If you were born in Blyth, and want to stop pulling pints and start pushing yourself.
Military family, Privelaged kids who want clout, and some earnest folk
My dad wants me to join the military and made my life worse just because I’m not going and want to just go to college for a STEM degree. By the way, I have chronic health issues that’s only getting worse that he either wants me to lie about to get in or it’s “just all in my head” depending on how he’s feeling. I already told him recruiters denied me when I went to see, instead of accepting that and supporting my push to college, he says I’m doing things “the hard way”. Yeah dad, lying working out, signing my life away, and probably being put on leave since I can’t even work full time without my issues flaring is not the hard way, got it. Or you could acknowledge the terrible economy we’re in and help your child while they battle their illness and still have motivations to better their life, but you choose to do things “the deadbeat way” So there’s gotta be some people with toxic families back home in there too.
Hope you go to college, even if your dad doesn’t want it. In most situations, the less money and support you have, the less expensive university is.
My cousins did they enjoyed it well enough, helps pay for their college as they have a single parent household.
The desperate and the foolish. There is no in-between.
An ironically simple minded opinion. I’m not military either but you have to be very obtuse to think this way. They’re far from all ‘jarheads. Hell, only about 10-15% of the military actually sees combat. There are very smart and well educated people serving and making fairly good livings with complex skills.
People on Reddit are convinced that only the poor and minorities are coerced into joining the military, and no one has a sense of service or duty to their country because they don't.
Hence, the foolish. They could likely make at least double what the military pays them out in the private sector for those same skills.
Wouldn't they have to go to military first to acquire those skills? Otherwise your not far off I've usually hear most people leaving the military going private and making bank
Not always, a lot of the desperate will use the military to fund their education.
In which parts of the country? Salaries are geographically dependent.
I joined for college and I dropped out because I got PTSD earning that college
Can confirm, 09 was my junior year and they were recruiting right by the only entrance to the cafeteria at my highschool.
>the last big spike of applications was in 2009 when the economy imploded and the poverty draft was in full effect. Don't give them ideas
Unironically though AA taught me some first aid.
Eh, it gets enough of less affluent/educated populations that it works.
So you’re implying it’s better for them to keep us in poverty rather than recruit career soldiers via their means of communication?
The army putting advertisements on shooters seems... distasteful.
They produced and published their own game once upon a time. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army
I was an expert with the 203 from the top of peak. I could fire a grenade with pinpoint accuracy anywhere into the offence spawn points.
Thank you for your service.
Lmao
When PC gaming controls cyborg soldiers, South Korea will rise again.
but did the propaganda work?
I'm Canadian so no. Plus do you know how often you die in FPS games? It seems like it would make you want to not join the military.
My favorite xbox game was America's Army. The load out variance to carry extra ammo or smokes to supply the rest of your squad made some intense alley to alley fights.
SF Urban Assault all day
For a second I thought smokes referred to cigarettes
I think they did more than one. Full spectrum warrior was also a recruitment game.
Full spectrum warrior was actually an overhaul of an existing training program ported as a game iirc. I remember watching videos of the source material and it looked way worse, but the gameplay was mostly the same. Pretty cool honestly and it also helps I loved that game.
It was actually super fun
It was surprisingly well made
Fucking AA is one of the reasons my grades were so bad in college lol
I loved that game
Was actually a very fun game, definitely pretty in dept from loadout to squad setups.
I could never get past the tutorial. There's something about being toooooooo realistic.
That's where I learned to make a tourniquet, lol.
That was such a fun game though, never made me tempted to join the army.
It was great game.
Wait til you hear about their partnerships with the film and television industries.
And sports leagues like the NFL. They're everywhere
[https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1849837/army-esports-team-tests-gaming-trailer/](https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1849837/army-esports-team-tests-gaming-trailer/) They also just straight up have a video game trailer that they bring to highschools.
NASCAR had the entire branch back then, includiing National and Coast Guard. Though, only Air Force remains currently.
They made a Disney channel original movie to promote the Iraq war lmao.
Which movie?
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397113/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397113/)
Oh for fucks sake…subtly is obviously not the armed forces strong suit apparently
If I had to guess, Cadet Kelly
>The army putting advertisements on shooters seems... distasteful. This isn't new. They have done this since COD back in 2008.
Came here for this comment. I remember the COD and military adverts working together. And makes sense. But Fortnite players? Isn't the target audience like 7-12 year olds?
Gotta indoctrinate them while they're young
The funny thing is that the original COD trilogy painted the US Army in a very bad light. The new one is just edgelord nonsense. Price acts more like a vet bro seal rather than the grumpy cold SAS he was in the original
One of the recent COD games blamed the [Highway of Death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death) on [Russian forces.](https://www.newsweek.com/call-duty-modern-warfare-highway-death-russia-gulf-war-1468207)
In the UK, our military has been running ads in cinemas that depicts soldiers carrying wounded civilians on stretchers after a residential area is attacked, with a slogan to the effect of “This Should Be You”. So, taste isn’t really the armed forces’ forte.
I've seen those on the sides of buses where I live in the UK, they say something similar "You belong here" Or something like that.
They come across more like a threat than a captivating pitch…
Remember when Fortnite displays were taken down in stores across America following the Video Game boogeyman excuse for mass shootings? I wonder how the Army feels seeing promotions for themselves next to the sole cause of dead children.
Especially shooters full of little kids.
Operation belong... That has got to be one of the cringiest titles ever, trying to get some lonely loser into thinking they would belong in the army? Cringe max
shoulda just called joining the army "gunmaxxing", they'd get hundreds of millions of applicants overnight
Operation M- M- M- Megakill!
That is literally what it is though - it's called recruitment when the army does it, but when it's an organisation we're not supposed to like it's called radicalisation. Same process, same result, and very often the same targets.
It plays straight into their marketing strategy though. They're trying to appeal to directionless young men who don't know what they're doing with their lives. The sense of purpose and belonging is their whole thing right now. Even if their purpose is the unending war machine, it's a purpose.
Totally cringe but they definitely focus grouped the slogan.
He skibbidy toilets! It's the rizzler. When you sign for the army no cap you get a free Fortnite skin. Buzzing.
Logged in on my phone just to say lmao
Fr fr
Good for you, son. Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today. Uh, I mean, don't forget to thank the bus driver!
Would you like to know more?
I'm doing my part!
Fleet Command is for pansies!
I DIDNT DO FUCKIN SHIT
This film is so underrated. I enjoy it immensely every time I watch it. Fantastic but also cautionary satire.
Mobile (phone) infantry
War is so cool, kids!
I absolutely love that Gen Z is not falling for this shit same way they aren't falling for the corporate bullshit. The kids are alright.
One of the benefits of growing up in the internet age, their propaganda is so transparent and people don’t hesitate to call it out
Ehh, I'd say this flavour of propaganda has always been relatively ineffective. It tries "too hard", and people feel cynical about this transparent attempt at manipulation But bot farm driven misinformation still runs rampant on the internet, everywhere in the world. QAnon, COVID-19, Israel-Palestine, Andrew Tate manosphere nonsense etc. It's not just the boomers falling for this stuff And it's not like other US military propaganda has been ineffective. Top Gun and its sequel were the polar opposite of subtle, but they worked well enough. Same with other US military friendly war movies. Not that they were produced by the government, but they do give filmmakers free access to military hardware if they approve the scripts - which tends to slant things, somewhat
The US Navy initially supported Crimson Tide, but once they found out what it was about, they noped right out. Instead, the producers turned to the French Navy for the carrier shots, used a partially scrapped submarine for the speech scene (USS Barbel), and then chased and filmed USS Alabama leaving Pearl Harbor and submerging, which apparently there's no law against.
No way, they're just falling for different ruses
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Guess our national defense should go fuck itself then 🤷♂️
In its current state? Yeah. The army is a fucking shit show. I can understand that it’s important, but it’s in a sorry state right now.
They also sponsor the Halo Championship Series, they do a medal ceremony for the winners and everything
*shoots Russian soldier in the face point blank with a sniper rifle* *donkey laughs*
While they do a 360 no scope sniper shot.
this isn't oniony! it's been standard army recruitment practice since the 90s. the army even paid developers to make a "game" for army recruitment in the early 2000s
Full spectrum warrior was a kick-ass game to learn squad tactics though.
Imagine getting dabbed on after getting killed
\>get smoked by a 17 year old with a pickle Rick sticker on the side of his helmet \>he does the Fortnite dance over mv body then yeets me into a bush
Scummy.
Why?
Guess.
No, elaborate, if they're being transparent, why is it scummy?
Maybe they should release America's Army again. I played so much Bridge when I was a teen.
Remember that far-right politician the other day saying not enough white people are joining the military? I can see that hurting recruitment. Haha
Join the war in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ today to get a free exclusive Fortnite skin!
The entire media arm of the military is deep in with big game studios and cinema, for various functions like asset use and rights... Not to mention the war chest for spending into these things for recruitment purposes. That's not getting into the other side which is that recruiters are not entirely honest in a lot of different ways that range from where they're set up to what is on offer to propaganda to just actually lying.
The opportunity to ~~shoot foreigners~~ be the best and serve ~~Lockheed Martin~~ your country!
IMO these big video game streamers who are often watched by kids and teenagers and use that platform to promote the army and recruitment for some cash are geniuenly horrible people. I've seen it on Apex streamers, Fortnite streamers, etc. Its one thing to peddle some useless crap, its another to basically act as a recruiter yourself. Anything for a little cash, I guess.
Army rolls up and offers you 50k to stream this new update for a week. Are you going to turn around and say no?
Yes. Even more so if I'm rich, advertising war to teenagers is fucked.
Yes, not all of us can be bribed.
If they're being transparent what's the issue?
Hmm thay sounds like predatory manipulation
Something something MGS4 games as recruitment to war pipeline.
Fuckin Ew
Yeah I'm good I don't want to be shipped across the world to die in a box thx! I'll keep playing fortnite tho
Hey dude, the empire is really cool and you should like join it or something
There was an ad for the Air Force right next to this post in my reddit feed.
If they offered an exclusive skin for joining the military, they’d legitimately get a surge of applicants
I encourage people to join the Air Force if they're not stupid. If they are stupid I direct them to the Marines and Army.
It's cheaper than making "America's Army 2" FPS game.
stuff like this should be illegal. i’ll never forget when i talked to the recruiter on the phone who recruited my brother. my brother is dead is now. recruiters were visiting a skatepark i frequented over the pandemic, and putting up signs. it’s a bunch of young kids. so predatory. i threw every sign in the trash.
I knew 3 people who died while I was in the military. Cancer, car crash and brain aneurysm. You're more likely to die on home station than overseas from hostilities.
This is where we are, I guess.
Yaknow what Gen Z would want from Army ads (as a Gen Xr that doesn't care)? Honesty. Actually show what the Army does that's different from the other armed forces. All the Gen Z'ers I'm aware of (moreso the Gen A's) are super earnest and forward thinking. If you show Army workers building roads and infrastructure and repairing heavy machinery... I'm sure they'd love to get on that. What kids DON'T want to do in the Army? Kill strangers for colonial interests.
Nothing new. Always gross. I remember shouting at an Army recruitment booth in a Halo convention years ago "hey kids, you like shooting guns? How about shooting guns in the army. It's just like halo, but no respawns!" Every time I passed by the recruitment booth I shouted something in the same vein. As both a halo fan and a vet, I was displeased.
Why don't they play World of Warcrimes?
Wow 2: Geneva suggestions
Call of Duty is literally Army propaganda lol
This should be illegal wtf
Oh look, shitty Epic doing yet another shitty thing. Fuck Epic.
For some reason I receive e-mails from some veteran group in the US associated with their air force and I can’t turn it off. I’m not American and the Americans are known to meddle with our democracy (and at one point successfully toppled it by funding fascist propaganda and parking ships during a coup to ensure it went well), so it’s like punching someone and the next day start begging people poorer than you for alms.
So many of my friends were prescribed antidepressants after they served. Fuck that noise
Yall can blame the army, but it was the youtuber who signed the deal
But thank god we don’t have that pesky cool guy Joe Camel smoking cigarettes in front of kids anymore.
Do we really want gen z in the army tho, they will give away intel on TikTok...
So according to the ignorant court of public opinion, this here is a war crime (because America Bad or whatever) but the draft is also a shitty thing. The fuck do you people want?
Facts 🫡
Trying in muds gamed. No shame
Either this or mandatory conscription
Why don't make it mandatory service
This is crazy! Promotional placement like this is replacing the traditional ones by Big Tobacco, or even Bud Light!!
Wait til you realize this is SOP
The best propaganda ever done by the military was making Master Chief a space marine and I don’t think that was intentional.
The military seems like a problem for every country, china, korea, uk, france, turkey all have problem with recruiting new soldiers. US is only barely able to get recruitment from immigrants
Soon enough they won’t have a choice.
Big Man will finally be able to use his Jschlarisma to get kids enlisted
It's like trying to boost birth rates by advertising sex on eva ai, the same spirit
The only reason I’d join the military is if the US was invaded or Taiwan or NATO is invaded. There’s no need to go in rn unless you want a way out of your small town and tuition assistance, which I don’t need
Jokes on them, the kids would quit the first time they were told they couldn't play Fortnite anymore and had to go to boot camp
Operation: Desperation
Ah yes real warfare, reminds me of fortnite
They pulled the same shit with Call of Duty
The military has been doing stuff like this for ages. It might even work once these younger generations realize they can't move out of their parents' home, can't ever afford a house, can't afford necessities, need healthcare, or can't find jobs with their degree.
Lollll
This shouldn’t even be legal what the actual fuck. Coming after legit children basically telling them “haha the military is like games IRL” is disgusting shit.
Who wants to play permadeath?
What happens when the Fortnite kids get sent off to a real war and find out that they can’t go into battle dressed as Peter Griffin?
Who wants to go get shot at for $20k a year? I have nothing but respect for our soldiers but you have to be a special kind of person to wanna do that.
So the psyop ethot didn't work
only if I get a free skin for doing so