Thank you for that post. I have members of my family currently serving and know many people that are currently serving. It is not fair to lump them together or throw them all under the bus.
After the hard left turn our country took- and the 8 years of Obama with his pen the military obviously has some challenges to deal with, but there are still many fine people serving in our military.
What I am seeing in this country now though is there are a few families that have many serving and most families that have no one serving. In previous generations nearly every family had someone serving or who had served so they had some feeling of pride and understanding. My oldest brother recently passed away and his service was held at his VFW. The members at his VFW could not believe that nearly all of the males in our family had served or were currently serving. They said you do not see that very much any more. Many families have no understanding of what happens during a military funeral and most people have never attended one. To me that is very sad.
I am not saying our military is perfect, but so many say they will not serve or suggest their family serve- I know people serving now who were basically disowned from their family for choosing to serve in the military. How do people think the military can be improved if decent, conservative people are not willing to serve or support family that choose to do so? Yes our military was trashed by the Democrats- we the people did not stop that, but now we are not supportive of people that can make a difference choosing to serve.
It is a volunteer military, if the people we want to serve, the very people who can make it better are not willing to serve then I don’t see how we think things can get better.
Agree completely.
“It is a volunteer military, if the people we want to serve, the very people who can make it better are not willing to serve then I dont see how we think things can get better.”
Your country votes in the leaders of the military that can destroy a force that is even 100% conservative.
As with any organization, the top must be held by competent leaders. If it isn’t, the org will suffer. There’s nothing you can do about that.