Originally Posted by tnkrdrvr

Not sure why you are so offended that some folks have better health insurance options. You are tied to an employer to have have it. The US military. They still own you and have the right to recall you if needed. Just because this hasn’t been common lately doesn’t mean that commitment doesn’t exist. You can resign your commission to eliminate the commitment, but then you would lose your pension, Tricare, and most veterans benefits. As far as toiling until my hands give out, really, what exactly do you think I do for a living? I will still have the ability to sign up for Tricare going forward if my life circumstances change. (Assuming I drop select this fall.) To be honest, you sound like you drank a little too much blue koolaid. I loved serving my country, but I never bought into the idea that I was going to be taken care of for life. Military personnel are by definition disposable, that’s why we drop them into the world’s $hit holes and assign them tough jobs. Society (ours included) has always offered just enough incentives to fill the ranks or simply drafted bodies when that got too expensive. You could call it cynical, I call it an acknowledgement that service is just that, service. Not really intended to be a means to get ahead in life.