John Moore
2008-05-26 19:20:18
I joined the Navy (aircrew) during the height of the Vietnam War. I didn’t have to – my father was a university professor and my mother a school teacher.
But the serviced offered an opportunity to do something meaningful while gaining diverse experience with people outside my sheltered world, and it gave me a chance to experience hardship and loss of privilege – something more boomers should have experienced.
For me, the service was a benefit. For many, it is the nation that benefits. For the elite like Obama and Kerry… well, they just don’t get it.
