[BwanaNdege]

Wal-Mart workers don’t get to live in subsidized housing on base.

Wal-mart employees are not subject to being sent into combat against their wills, either.

There is ABSOLUTELY no comparison between Wal-mart employment (or any other civilian employment, for that matter) and the indentured servitude that is military life. Yes, military life is chosen voluntarily and it is often not a bad life. But please don't throw out spurious arguments like "Wal-Mart workers don’t get to live in subsidized housing on base."

At times my USMC "housing" fell under the category of "home is where you dig it."

[Bigg Red]

+1

And thank you for your service, sir.

[thefactor]

I take issue with your “being sent into combat against their will” thing. You join the military, you’re giving consent. There are literally zero soldiers in the US military who were drafted into service.