“who joined the service for the education benefits”
There inlies the problem.
He didn’t join to benefit his country, he joined to benefit himself.
Its all a byproduct of the “Army of One” BS campaign.
Did you just know that was going to backfire on them. Ask anyone who has been under fire—from my grandfather in WWI, my Dad in Korea, or kids that i know that have come back from Iraq—it is about the unit, not the troop.