Originally Posted by kane

I agree that there are things many people in the military experience that can't even really fully be explained to or understood by those who were not there. I have a friend who was in the Marines back during the first gulf war and he still has issues with it today. He was among the first group to push in and saw some heavy resistance for a few days. He said he saw and did things he would never forget. He also was in Somalia for a year. His division was pulled out about three weeks before the who Black Hawk Down incident happened. While there he saw things that made him so ill he lost 30 pounds because he couldn't eat and when he went there he only had about 4% body fat so much of that weight was muscle. He was constantly sick because of what he was seeing happen day in and day out.

Anyone who goes through anything like that deserves benefits for as long as they want them. Anyone who is put in harms way deserves the same. Anyone who chooses to serve our country should be treated with dignity.

I am primarily playing devil's advocate here. If I join the military and end up in one of those MOS's where I don't do much and it is basically like a job, when I leave I can get free heath care for life if I need and want it. Nobody complains and everyone is all for it. However, if I go to work for a company that designs and builds body armor for the military, or builds armored vehicles for the military, or does some type of service for the military that helps our soldiers do their job or helps keep them safe, that job is not considered worthy of free health care. I just find it interesting where some people draw the line.