I am old enough to remember how Vets were treated in the 70's...saw it with my own eyes...then my saw things like Tonkin...Agent Orange...The Phonenix Project...UK (MK...duh..)ultra....by 85 I determined that while joing is a very patriotic thing to do...the Military of then didn't really have service member's best interests in mind. A government that will cheat its way into war then treat them to horrors of being poisoned on the battlefield then treated like shit upon thier return was not a way forward to me...I said as much to the USMC rep who wanted me bad as I scored in the 90% my ASVABS and another test whos name I can't remember my path to OCS would have been set...but I spoke my mind...was dismissed as the biggest asshole that Marine had ever seen and never again would I work government.

I don't regret it...not one bit considering how troops have deployed since.

To those who did ...thank you...I think too much if I had played getting along a hard head like me I am sure I could soured hundreds with my thinking. Not good for morale.