ScooterSissy wrote:Taypo wrote:I'll throw my two cents in here after lurking for a bit.
As someone who has an Honorable Discharge from active duty Army, its fairly aggravating to watch someone with anything short of that be lumped into the same category with the same benefits and recognition. I don't pretend to have saved the world, been a Scout Seal Sniper Assassin or done dozens of tours in the sandbox. What I did do is fulfill the terms or my enlistments honorably and with distinction. Those folks with General Under Honorable Conditions may have served, but at some point, something prevented them from receiving an Honorable Discharge. They absolutely do not deserve to be categorized in the same fashion as those of us who have one.
If DPS chooses to do so to avoid arguments and save time, its disappointing.
I wonder if those that
did do something extraordinary (let's not exaggerate, say - saved some folks, became a Seal Sniper, and did multiple tours in the sandbox) are as resentful that folks such as yourself are "lumped into the same category with the same benefits and recognition"...
Just something to think about.
BTW, this discussion
hasn't been about receiving the same benefits and recognition, but rather about one particular benefit. When I was discharged, it was made clear to me that I only received a
very small subset of the benefits most vets received. I never took advantage of the few I was due,
except the CHL discount.
Sadly, as soon I clicked the submit button, this was exactly the response I expected. Speaking from experience, the guys that have saved the world will never stand out and never own it, especially in the real world. Also speaking from experience, the harder someone crows for a discount, a freebie or a benefit, the opposite is probably the case.
At this point, I'm out. The folks that have convinced themselves they still deserve full vet benefits aren't going to be swayed and the people on the other side of fence are probably done arguing.
