It's interesting that some parents and some enlistees seem so naive. Don't we all know that signing up for any branch of the military may put them in harms way?
Do some parents really think that enlisting in the military means that their son or daughter will receive free goodies from their government?,-- and then are shocked that these precious children are subject to going into a war situation?
Enlisting in the military is a very serious decision--one that should not be taken lightly, even if it is conceived that the world is trouble free at their time of enlistment.
This all seems to me to be such a basic unterstanding, but with some reactions , like with Sue Niederer, you have to wonder.
Guess I just said the same thing PhiKapMom!
Like you -- it makes no sense to me and probably never will. You join the military and there is absolutely "zero" guarantee that you won't be sent into combat!