Why Gen Z should join the reserves
Six years ago, I joined the National Guard. If not for the military, my career choices in tech and a master’s degree would naturally have led me to occupy very homogeneous social circles. I do occupy some such circles, but I also ditched my laptop and home office to spend July in Fort Stewart, Georgia, in the rain and heat, training for combat with other soldiers from across America who work in every trade imaginable: Big Four consultants, mechanics, cops, firefighters, waiters, stay-at-home moms (for 50 weeks a year), software developers, and truck drivers.
