I understand the fear of having a loved one in the military. As I posted above my son is a US Marine and leaves for Iraq this week. I wasn't thrilled with him joining the Marines because of the fear factor but I'm so very proud of him. This is the way I look at it. We need our military strong, this is a very dangerous world we live in. If no one joined where would we be? We need recruiters in the schools, it's been this way for a long long time. Who am I to say it's OK for your son/daughter to join but not mine, it would be completely selfish and hypocritical of me and I can't do it. I would never try to talk someone into or out of the military because it's such a personal sacrifice that it must be decided by the person with the decision. All we can do is educate them and support them in whatever decision they make. And be damn proud of them if they do decide to serve this GREAT country because without them we would not have the freedoms that we enjoy today
