[fortaydoos]

"The military personel knew what they were joining. It was their lifestyle choice."

The military are the most honorable among us, doing what many refuse or could not do, for horribly inadequate pay. They do it for love of country, not for the damn miserably small paycheck. They are not to be treated like hired help.

[Himyar]

As the wife of a retired (35 years) Air Guardsman abd the mother of a current one, I'm getting tired of the media and dims trashing the Guard. My son's unit deployed to the Iraq war and he was extremely upset that he didn't get out of Tech School in time to go. I know plenty of deployed army guard types too. They know what they signed up for and we are all proud of them. They aren't having problems keeping the units up to strength.