re: Pentagon is Ending Tuition Benefits to Reservists

I get that the program is redundant but you can't tell me that your average military desk jockey is anymore deserving of school money than most of the reserves. One of them is an average 9-5 office job, and the other is a full time civilian job with extra time committed for training (often unpaid) and schools that are put up with often due to the desire to serve their country in some aspect.

Most of the guys I know in the reserves actually lose money going to drill or schools. They don't do it for the money or any extra benefits.

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OleWarSkuleAlum

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Just another example of how absolutely ignorant you are.

Typical.

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Where's Darth at?

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Darth knows fricking everything.

2 tours.

Did I do enough D Bag?

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GOOD. Instead of playing Halloween or dress up one weekend a month actually make the commitment and EARN the perks.

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Yep, because waking up and exercising, then eating, the going to meetings, then eating, then going to more meetings, then going home at 4pm is EARNING it.

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2 tours.

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Does not tell the story adequately.

Two times your world was completely turned upside down. Two times you left your family with little to no support mechanism while you were deployed. Two times you left your civilian profession not knowing what your future would hold when you returned.

And you still did it. Willingly.

Despite those sacrifices you are still looked down upon by people like him.

You are what our founding Fathers envisioned when they wrote the U.S. Constitution (which he has sworn to support and defend).

Thanks for your service.

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I would anticipate he is an officer.

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Guys don't sweat that arse clown, he and a few others spew the same shite every time about Guard/reservists.

I have fifteen years, 10 Active(6 army, 4 guard). The level of change that has swept through the Reserve fighting force over the last 15 years is remarkable.

Due in large part to fighting two campaigns at once with insufficient man power from the active component the reserve fighting force became instrumental at so many levels.

The fact that most reserve/guard units deploy and are as effective as their active counterparts has created a lot of animosity.

Truth is reservist bring so much more to the table than an active component due to varying degrees of experience and background.

I am a retired CW4 (was active duty and enlisted for 15yrs prior). I never heard a regular "O" or warrant spew the shite OleSkule does on this board. frick him.