re: #70 Targetpractice

The only argument I have with Stonekettle’s thread is that Hollywood has made movies about soldiers who worked support jobs…it’s just they’re usually either comedy films or one-offs like Hacksaw Ridge about non-coms who won medals for doing brave/crazy shit during combat. Hence why asswipes like the candidate from Ohio feel they have to lie about their service, because the only movies made about guys who load cargo are comedies showing them as lazy asswipes looking to game the system.

My dad’s military service was at a base on the west coast; he worked in the mess hall, peeling potatoes, cleaning grease traps, and dishing up lunch. He was Beetle Bailey; the only weapon he ever fired was in basic training.

But he got the same GI Bill as people who spent their entire enlistment under fire.