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<p>Then I would ask, why doesn’t everybody demand only safe non-combat roles, preferably only in the US? Or, if the person wants combat, then demand only the ‘sexiest’ combat roles? I know a bunch of people who would probably love to join the military - but only if they could be fighter pilots. If they just end up, say, flying transports, then they don’t want to join.</p>
<p>I think that shows that there are clearly great limits as to what you can negotiate. I doubt that any military recruiter can guarantee that you will never be deployed to a combat role. </p>
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<p>Which is where the outsourcing of military (yes, *military) projects becomes salient. See the story of Boeing’s outsourcing strategy above. </p>
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<p>Nobody is arguing that you are guaranteed anything. In fact, that’s been my point all along.</p>