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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
just to clear things up...
I'm a vet... my Dad was a very successful attorney at the time of my enlistment, no cash flow problems, and I had several scholarship offers.
my estranged spousal unit is a vet, his folks are still doing quite well even in these depressed financial times. he also had numerous college oppourtuniteis
(in fact we met in college after our initial enlistments were up)
my niece is a soldier. her mother is a very successful real estate agent and her father owns his own industrial cran business. she left college to join the army after 9/11.
my brother in law is a naval aviator, obviously went to college. his father retired from one of the top athletic equipment supply companies in the world. Executive V.P.
my son in law is a submariner. lefft college to join the Navy post 9/11.
my son was a SEAL. he never wanted to be anything but a SEAL or a RANGER. his father could endow a few scholarship programs
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Not sure why you cite me prior to this post. Is ist because you belong to a well-off family, and still members of the family join the army? No need to convince me that many people join the army _not_ because of economic pressure, but because they _do_ see the greater good the army serves. That was actually my point: I hope that _most_ people follow this reasoning. I got the impression you somehow wanted to morally excuse people who join the army for economic reasons, as if they should be excempted from their duty to justify the things they are doing on a moral basis. I disagreed with that reasoning.