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Heros: those who join the military (combat positions and other dangerous ones) despite having good grades and opportunities for college etc.
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QUOTE]Ordinary military people: people who join the military out of necessity (they just barely graduated high school, don't wan't or can't go to college, etc)[/QUOTE]
Another misconception. You can not go into the US military with C average in High School. Guess what, it's easier to get into a community college than into the military. And officer positions are very difficult.
I'm in the NROTC at the moment, I got very good grades in High School, and even got $120,000 in total scholarships from the various schools I applied to. I instead did not accept any of these when getting the ROTC scholarship (which ended up costing me a couple thousand dollars each year). Yes, I am from a poor background, my father was military and they DO NOT pay well. Could you please explain though, even though I gave up lots of money going the military way how I am anymore heroic than those men who enlisted after High School in order to better themselves?
The people that join the military are not mercenaries, they are not people who couldnt find any better opportunities. They are simply men and women who chose to join something bigger than themselves, and put intangibles such as patriotism/freedom ahead of them.
As I said above I have no problem with you being a coward. At least you're honest. But gross misconseptions about the military, and your admittance of running away... well... I'm going to hold my tounge.