I am currently active duty navy, submarine force and I have many opinions about the way that military benefits should or should not be dealt with. It shoudn't really matter who gets the gi bill; as long as the service member pays into it and serves their time, he or she should have the option to give it to whomever they wish or use it whenever they want. As to previous comments on this matter, about being deployed or receiving medals etc...who cares! EVERYONE in the military service serves their time. Time away from family and friends. Time in secluded areas where anything can happen at any time. Whether it's marines or army in iraq, submariners on deployments, it doesn't matter. Every single service member who put money into the GI Bill should have say in how and where it's used. Some service members may not want to go to college. They may get all the training that they'll need while their in the service. They may stay in long enough that they won't need another career by the time they retire. But, many of us have spouses who could use the Bill for their education. We have to pay for that education just the same as we would our own, so why not be able to use our benefits for them, instead of having them wasted by us? As for "cushion jobs" such as recruiting, I am very happily going into recruiting at the end of this year. I can't wait to begine it, and it's not a way for me to stay out of the war. It's time that I will finally get to spend with my wife, to start our family. After nearly 3 years of marriage, this is the first time that I will be home MORE than I'm away. I understand that some people don't care about the family life, but many of us do. And it would be greatly appreciated if you would keep your unwelcome and rude opinions to yourself.
