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People join the military for any number of reasons: patriotism, career or education opportunities, sense of duty, legacy(dad, grandad, uncle were military)....
Once in, one is not given much choice as to where to go-you're military property, 24/7. You're paid to do a job, you do it.
In the past year, I have attended at least 10 funerals for KIA. Whether they believed they were where they were for a 'good purpose' is irrelevant. Their mothers lost a child, wives lost a husband, babies lost a parent.
Now my nephew will be landing in the sandbox probably in January; my friend's son is there now. It doesn't matter why. It's their job. We wish it wasn't, so we post dumb questions like this....
I prefer to just say "Thank You".
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