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lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 week agoThe vast majority join for the absolutely insane benefits that come along with service.
Many of them also join because it is basically their only/best option.
Unfortunately yes, and in some cases a whole people of a place send themselves to serve in exchange for those benefits, like American Samoans to recruiting stations as much as Nepalese to sign up hoping to become Gurkhas.