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To: freelyhovering who wrote (125446)	11/23/2009 4:05:18 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543045

I similarly benefited and only volunteered as an act of economic desperation. I had good duty compared to people in the service only a couple of years ahead of me. They were still in (Viet Nam Era Vets) and they knew we had it good compared to what had been going on. I never wished to see combat after the seeing the impact it had on the people I met or knew that saw it... I hear today about young men who are sold on the adventure - the movie commercials on the big screen are bloodless and everyone has their legs and mind intact. The people I knew that were "in country" were all negatively impacted. The deeper in country they were, the worse off they were, by and large. PS: I'd like to add that joining the service for economic reasons historically (and I mean for at least 2500 years) has been the most common reason a fellow joined up. They expected to live well if they served well. One has to ask what you get when you get a field soldier back home. I was trained in avionics. What if my only skill is killing people with my weapons or hands? Sounds like career training for the mob or gangs... That's what the Russians got - the Russian mob, former Chechnyan and Afghan vets being the street enforcers. Biker gangs in the US trace back to disgruntled WWII vets in the early 50's.