army pvt kelley s. prewitt, branden f. oberleitner

[AChimp]

Ehh... I have to agree with Solid a bit here. Yeah, it sucks that they died in a stupid war, but still, if you join the army you have to assume a certain amount of risk. If you think that your family and/or loved ones couldn't handle not having you around, then you shouldn't be joining the army to begin with.

I don't care if it's the reserves, either. The whole point of a military reserve is to rotate your forces so your troops are always fresh. You *will* be sent to fight eventually if the war lasts long enough.

I was actually amused when I saw stories here on the news about the reservists in North Dakota whining about how they didn't know they were going to be deployed and that they were just weekend warriors. How can your perception of the military become so distorted? It's not some club that you join just so you can say that you're a patriotic American and get to shoot an assault rifle and a shitload of equipment that you don't have to pay for. What did they seriously expect? You don't get trained to operate multi-million dollar weaponry just for the hell of it.

There's no such thing as part-time duty in the army. The government doesn't give you stuff for free; you're expected to put your balls on the line eventually. That's the way reserves and militias have worked for thousands of years. "I don't want to go" isn't a valid excuse. If you really don't want to go, don't enlist and don't vote for a warmonger.

If they still sign up, and then whine about being put in the line of fire, well, that's what you get for being a redneck.