kane

For sure. Being in the military is a huge sacrifice. I won't argue that and I honor and respect anyone who has served our country. I am just curious.

Here is an example. I have a friend that went into the Air Force. He ended up working construction. He would travel 2-4 months per year as they went and did work on various embassies around the world. The rest of the time they did repairs and built things at the base he was stationed at in Texas. During those times he said it was basically a 40 hour a week job. He lived off base with a couple of friends and would get up, go to work then come home at night. He had weekends off. So basically, for him, the military was like a job that sent him overseas for a few months each year. After four years he got out and went back to his normal life.

It just makes me wonder. I see conservatives yelling about people being entitled to health care and they are angry saying that you are not guaranteed health care in this country and you have to work for it, yet if you join the army, peel potatoes for four years and leave you get lifetime free health care if you need it.

I'm not saying that military people shouldn't get these benefits, but it just makes me curious and I like to find out what level of service/sacrifice people feel needs to be made for the country in order to justify them getting life long free health care.