Reply #112: Being in the military teaches a lot of valuable lessons...

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You learn discipline, responsibility, teamwork and self reliance among many other valuable attributes. The military takes you out of your home environment and exposes you to many different locations and different cultures. A tour of duty in the military is an experience that will stay with you for the rest of your life. The friendships that you form in the military will more than likely be the closest you will ever know.

Having said that, I need to add that military service can have major drawbacks. If your country has political leaders who send the military off to fight unnecessary wars you may die or suffer serious physical or mental injuries for no good reason. A country like ours may not truly appreciate your service. If you do suffer injury it may prove challenging to obtain proper medical care.

That's why we need to elect good leaders with the intelligence to send the military off to fight only when truly necessary. War should be a last resort to a serious problem that threatens our nation.