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would you ever work for the military/Department of Defense?

Long-time BIGFED employee here. Not going to share too much,...
citrine university lettuce
  01/31/26
Not supporting the war system, but directly working for the ...
bistre place of business
  01/31/26
CR. OP is telling us he's ghey without telling us.
Maroon hairraiser range
  01/31/26
Depends how much you find war distasteful. To me it’s ...
scarlet brethren tanning salon
  01/31/26
The DOD is huge, the largest employer in the US. They do a l...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
Also, what level of clearance do you need? That might give y...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
Secret, although virtually all jobs with the DoD require Sec...
citrine university lettuce
  01/31/26
Breh you're not going to be involved in the shit you're worr...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
You can tell him that but the DOD's mission is WAR and all a...
avocado irradiated new version stag film
  01/31/26
That's what OP seems to believe, but the reality is working ...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
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Crimson dashing mad cow disease
  01/31/26
Cr OP could end up auditing how troops are fed or some shit....
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
Then again those troops are the ones doing the killing and w...
avocado irradiated new version stag film
  01/31/26
...
Crimson dashing mad cow disease
  01/31/26
The thing is, very few troops are doing any killing. No acti...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
hey you dont gotta convince me, but OP might have some objec...
avocado irradiated new version stag film
  01/31/26
Cr OP is probably a shitlib clinging to delusions about the ...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
...
Crimson dashing mad cow disease
  01/31/26
I'll admit I'm a lib, but I just haven't even seriously thou...
citrine university lettuce
  01/31/26
ppl running the gas chambers at Auschwitz were doing "j...
avocado irradiated new version stag film
  01/31/26
OP would just be "following orders," as they said ...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
Again, don't want to reveal too much, but my understanding i...
citrine university lettuce
  01/31/26
Definitely don't want to reveal too much so you don't get ou...
Racy effete idea he suggested
  01/31/26
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Crimson dashing mad cow disease
  01/31/26
lol at this scrupulosity, millennials are cooked
Odious brass boistinker trump supporter
  01/31/26
I wouldn't call it scrupulosity. Reservations about military...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
Oh, the noble Reservations!
Odious brass boistinker trump supporter
  01/31/26
Great retard take you're getting at here. Aren't you like 22...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
Oh, the historic Reservations! In all seriousness look into...
Odious brass boistinker trump supporter
  01/31/26
okay w/e i'm not going to entertain your ignorant delulu fan...
comical rehab giraffe
  01/31/26
If you survived DOGE as a bigfed I'd personally think twice ...
Mahogany thriller casino legend
  01/31/26
The DoD is undersized and underfunded, that's what's so craz...
Odious brass boistinker trump supporter
  01/31/26
EXCUSE ME, that's Department of War, bud. Get with the prog...
bistre place of business
  01/31/26
...
Glittery Plaza
  01/31/26
...
Milky apoplectic whorehouse love of her life
  02/01/26
People will say stuff like this then pay their taxes
Odious brass boistinker trump supporter
  01/31/26
faggot
lilac wild state main people
  01/31/26
i would jump at the opportunity to get paid for supporting t...
Provocative dingle berry
  01/31/26
What "war effort"?
Milky apoplectic whorehouse love of her life
  02/01/26
The War Effort
Peach piazza personal credit line
  02/01/26
Im gay
gold bearded station hissy fit
  01/31/26
180
Supple Dull Old Irish Cottage
  01/31/26
there’s probably nothing more corrosive to national de...
claret 180 pit genital piercing
  01/31/26
...
Odious brass boistinker trump supporter
  02/01/26
Sure
Poppy Stimulating Principal's Office Factory Reset Button
  01/31/26
If you don't like Jewish power don't go
Soul-stirring theater stage stain
  01/31/26
You don't have a position description?
Walnut theatre
  02/01/26
It sounds like you shouldn't do it. The main reason to do i...
Milky apoplectic whorehouse love of her life
  02/01/26


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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:20 AM
Author: citrine university lettuce

Long-time BIGFED employee here. Not going to share too much, but I currently work at one of the more benign agencies. However, an opportunity with the DoD is available that would basically max out how much I could realistically make in BIGFED. The problem is that I don't want to support the war system, which is why I've avoided the DoD and IC.

Don't have the details on what I'd do at the DoD specifically yet. The money is alluring because BIGFED doesn't pay all that well but comes with job security.

The pay increase is large enough that it would have a relatively substantial effect on how much I can save/invest and thereby retire early, which is one of my primary goals in life.

I can only see myself working for the DoD if it's some benign role where I'm not supporting anything related to war/weapons/foreign policy/etc. but rather helping out active duty people and/or veterans outside of any insane foreign policy goals of the US (the key reason I've avoided the DoD and IC).

WWXOD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635187)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 2:57 PM
Author: bistre place of business

Not supporting the war system, but directly working for the government that literally runs the war system and takes up like 25% of the budget when you consider all supporting elements, is quite the dumb take tbh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636107)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: Maroon hairraiser range

CR. OP is telling us he's ghey without telling us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636113)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:24 AM
Author: scarlet brethren tanning salon

Depends how much you find war distasteful. To me it’s nbd. If your moslem family got blown up in an air strike I’d probably avoid it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635189)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:30 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

The DOD is huge, the largest employer in the US. They do a lot more than what you hear about in the news because it's so huge, and a good chunk of it is probably far-removed from what you're concerned about. Figure out what exactly the job entails and decide from there. Most likely it's some pointless government job with no relevance. And don't military contractors do a lot of the dirty work anyway?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635196)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:35 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

Also, what level of clearance do you need? That might give you some idea of what you'd be working on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635201)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:15 AM
Author: citrine university lettuce

Secret, although virtually all jobs with the DoD require Secret or higher.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635251)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:27 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

Breh you're not going to be involved in the shit you're worried about; that's all top secret (or Q clearance with the DOE). IIRC millions of people have secret clearances and it's NBD. Sounds like some lame-ass job where your employment there will have absolutely no impact on foreign policy/war/whatever you're concerned about. Up to you if you're fine with that. Personally I'd take that fed job security and just quit if it really keeps you up at night (which I doubt it would, given what you've shared).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635272)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:30 AM
Author: avocado irradiated new version stag film

You can tell him that but the DOD's mission is WAR and all aspects of it support that goal, whether you're front line infantry or a back office turdskin programming shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635273)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:36 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

That's what OP seems to believe, but the reality is working for the DOD is welfare for proles who dgaf about "war" and join the military hoping to see absolutely no combat and then getting benefits through the VA. Only the indoctrinated/insane people running things truly believe in that mission.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635286)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:32 AM
Author: Crimson dashing mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635197)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

Cr OP could end up auditing how troops are fed or some shit. I'd say OP should take it if it's something as pointless as that. Get that fed job security and fade into irrelevance as you collect a secure salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635203)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:40 AM
Author: avocado irradiated new version stag film

Then again those troops are the ones doing the killing and whatnot, so any support of them is supporting war and OP sounds like a huge liberal pussy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635206)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:43 AM
Author: Crimson dashing mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635208)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:47 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

The thing is, very few troops are doing any killing. No active wars at the moment; only insane, occasional airstrikes. Military service is mostly a shitjob for proles with few other options who aren't too interested in actually getting shot at or killing anyone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635211)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:50 AM
Author: avocado irradiated new version stag film

hey you dont gotta convince me, but OP might have some objections because he sounds like a numale fag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635216)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:53 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

Cr OP is probably a shitlib clinging to delusions about the DOD being inherently evil or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635219)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:01 AM
Author: Crimson dashing mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635230)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:24 AM
Author: citrine university lettuce

I'll admit I'm a lib, but I just haven't even seriously thought about working for the DoD because I'm not supportive of nearly all wars. But this context here is helpful as I wouldn't be involved in any war efforts or strikes or other aggressive military activity as far as I can tell. So I guess I could myself working for the DoD if it's just "a job" and nothing related to war efforts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635265)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: avocado irradiated new version stag film

ppl running the gas chambers at Auschwitz were doing "just a job" also

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635267)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:31 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

OP would just be "following orders," as they said at the Nuremberg trials.

TBF though, for all we know, OP could be working on some cool shit at DARPA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635276)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: citrine university lettuce

Again, don't want to reveal too much, but my understanding is that I wouldn't even have to visit any military bases for this job. It's not directly tied to any ongoing conflicts as far as I can tell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635255)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:26 AM
Author: Racy effete idea he suggested

Definitely don't want to reveal too much so you don't get outted when GS12 USDA project specialist vikram pondicherry moves to GS13 DoD senior project specialist. Kill urself and save us all a few bucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635268)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:36 AM
Author: Crimson dashing mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635285)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:38 AM
Author: Odious brass boistinker trump supporter

lol at this scrupulosity, millennials are cooked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635289)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:47 AM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

I wouldn't call it scrupulosity. Reservations about military work have been a very real thing ever since the Vietnam War, so it's not just Millennials. I've interviewed with four or five military contractors over the years, and all of them asked me early on if I was fine with doing work for the military.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635299)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:18 PM
Author: Odious brass boistinker trump supporter

Oh, the noble Reservations!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635713)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

Great retard take you're getting at here. Aren't you like 22 years old too? Retarded fetus take. Just look at all the fragging, drafted soldiers openly disobeying orders or just disappearing, enormous protests, etc. during the Vietnam War. Seems like your not-fully-matured brain hasn't processed this or is even aware of this. Keep making yourself look retarded.

Sincerely yours,

cucumbers tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635761)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Odious brass boistinker trump supporter

Oh, the historic Reservations!

In all seriousness look into Uncle Sam's eyes. You know it to be true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636339)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:55 PM
Author: comical rehab giraffe

okay w/e i'm not going to entertain your ignorant delulu fantasies and "humor"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636487)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:22 PM
Author: Mahogany thriller casino legend

If you survived DOGE as a bigfed I'd personally think twice about moving now under this administration unless it was for a major leap that will give you exit options. DoD is big and there's opportunity obviously, but it has unstable leadership and a sudden bloat that's going to make a new wave of oversight inevitable in the months/years to come (regardless of who is in charge in '28). I'm probably the dumb dumb but I finally think a reckoning is coming sooner than later for DoD.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49635737)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: Odious brass boistinker trump supporter

The DoD is undersized and underfunded, that's what's so crazy about this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636356)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: bistre place of business

EXCUSE ME, that's Department of War, bud. Get with the program

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636104)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: Glittery Plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636651)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:15 AM
Author: Milky apoplectic whorehouse love of her life



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637529)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:46 PM
Author: Odious brass boistinker trump supporter

People will say stuff like this then pay their taxes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636360)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:49 PM
Author: lilac wild state main people

faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636372)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:51 PM
Author: Provocative dingle berry

i would jump at the opportunity to get paid for supporting the war effort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636376)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:15 AM
Author: Milky apoplectic whorehouse love of her life

What "war effort"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637528)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:23 AM
Author: Peach piazza personal credit line

The War Effort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637543)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: gold bearded station hissy fit

Im gay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636583)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 6:55 PM
Author: Supple Dull Old Irish Cottage

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636623)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 6:54 PM
Author: claret 180 pit genital piercing

there’s probably nothing more corrosive to national defense readiness than the dod hiring yet another hysterically self-important pantywaist bean counter like you, so you should probably just take the job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636621)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 8:55 AM
Author: Odious brass boistinker trump supporter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637842)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 6:55 PM
Author: Poppy Stimulating Principal's Office Factory Reset Button

Sure

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49636624)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 11:04 PM
Author: Soul-stirring theater stage stain

If you don't like Jewish power don't go

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637298)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 12:01 AM
Author: Walnut theatre

You don't have a position description?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637389)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:14 AM
Author: Milky apoplectic whorehouse love of her life

It sounds like you shouldn't do it. The main reason to do it is to eventually jump ship into a MIC company where you can help LM and Ratheon develop mini drones to kill kids for less but at a major payout for yourself. It is quite literally blood money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829101&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49637527)