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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He lives in Huntsville, Alabama. 95% of his neighbors are defense contractors. It isn't sponsorships, it's "this guy lives 40 feet away from me and does something interesting for a living"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The description in multiple of the videos advertises navy or airforce recruitment. And in the non paid videos, why do you think he was given access, time, and permission to post the videos? For recruitment obviously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not exactly a new tactic. Same thing for Top Gun and probably a bunch of other movies. Part recruitment, part public relations to improve their image.

But the military does have some neat tech that most people won't ever see. Like his series in the submarine, there was a lot of really cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Absolutely and that puts me off. Especially when they push out multiple ads across multiple youtubers at roughly the same time, like they did at one time with smartereveryday