You know what? Eff off. Those myspacing, iPod-listening under-30 types are the ones who volunteered to defend your pathetic asses - they weren’t drafted, unlike the so-called “Greatest Generation.”
Yes, but a) not everyone in that generation ran off to sign up and b) not everyone in the military is actually a great person, either overall or in details like “I’m still voting Dem”.
Truth is every generation has had people willingly sign up to go to the military and war in hard times. Gen X did it as well as Gen Y, and Boomers. Silent as well as so-called “Greatest” (really, just “GI” gen) - they did so willingly in the draft (never mind all the women who signed up; no draft), not burning cards like Hippies.
So, really, you can’t judge a generation by military service, per se.