228
Youngest US soldier killed by Iran strike was Eagle Scout who helped homeless youth (nypost.com)
submitted 5 months ago by dude@lemmings.world to c/news@lemmings.world
60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

It a lot of ways the military is a means to escape poverty, of course you run the risk of dying to have the chance at some fleeting semblance of middle class life.

this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
228 points (100.0% liked)

news

999 readers
107 users here now

A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.

Rules:

  1. Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
  2. Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
  3. Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
  4. Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
  5. No link shorteners
  6. No entire article in the post body

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
dude@lemmings.world