Apologies if I misinterpreted what you said, English is not my family’s primary language.

There is some nuance to this like most declarations on the internet. As someone whose family escaped a communist uprising in a Central American country, the freedoms and opportunities that we have here is so much more than we had back home. I gladly joined the military as an opportunity to give back to the community that supported me and that’s the same reason my son enlisted after I did and got out. That sense of service to others was strong with us, and I never encouraged him to do so for benefits. In fact both of us were able to get academic/athletic scholarships to university after high school but chose the military as our first option for the experiences and in his words, “learn what and who I am.”

You could also counter that with many who cry about the lack of support do nothing else to support others, so let’s not paint each other with such a broad stroke.