.I learned more about our nation and the background of others by being in the military - and would have hated having soldiers that complained that they “had to be there.”...................................... Yeah I know what you mean, there were 10 million of those type of guys 1941-1945 who fought on 2 fronts, actually 3 when you think about it, not many remember the CBI. They griped an awful lot, won the battles on 3 fronts, returned, made America into a Great Nation and their grand children never realized that they really didn’t want to be there in the first place. Amazing how most of them treasure the experience in spite of it all. Yeah, I wouldn’t want anyone like that to be in my foxhole, you just can’t depend on anyone who was forced to join. Many in my family served in the armed forces, most in WW II, none of them volunteered, a couple came home missing legs, but they never knocked their time in the service. However lasting friendships did result from their time served.
That generation in the US is quite different compared to the generation that one would be pulling service members from. You are comparing the WW II types to a pool of society that shares nothing with the forties/fifties...your comment is so out of line from my MOST RECENT experiences in the military.
What about your service - how tours did you do since you feel the need to lecture me on being unvoluntarily enlisted compared to those that join freely as I did. I di both enlisted and officer - and being a Captain with 4 yours in Iraq under my little unknowledable belt - prehaps enlighten us on that little smart a$$ comment. I just live types like you that jump and bash a comment with information that is not current...no wonder so many drop this sight and never visit it again...I’m pretty much there at this point. Everything you said about your WW II family happens without forced enlistment - the difference is that today’s generation has been brought up on different morals, norms, and values - and IT WON’T WORK!!!
That generation in the US is quite different compared to the generation that one would be pulling service members from. You are comparing the WW II types to a pool of society that shares nothing with the forties/fifties...your comment is so out of line from my MOST RECENT experiences in the military.
What about your service - how tours did you do since you feel the need to lecture me on being unvoluntarily enlisted compared to those that join freely as I did. I di both enlisted and officer - and being a Captain with 4 yours in Iraq under my little unknowledable belt - prehaps enlighten us on that little smart a$$ comment. I just love types like you that jump and bash a comment with information that is not current...no wonder so many drop this sight and never visit it again...I’m pretty much there at this point. Everything you said about your WW II family happens without forced enlistment - the difference is that today’s generation has been brought up on different morals, norms, and values - and IT WON’T WORK!!!