I won’t overlook the sacrifices many have made, including the ultimate sacrifice; I just know that for far more, they sign up with no intention of ever being deployed into a danger zone. There are single mothers in the military; where would they ever be sent?
I remember years ago when the Newark Star-Ledger ran a sob story about two reservists who were called up (I believe for Gulf War II); it showed a picture of them in their uniforms on either side of their young child. Why were these two enlisted in the Army? Who didn’t foresee this nonsense that would arise when Uncle Sam came to collect?
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