08-02-2005, 09:27 PM
Give 'em hell Joe. They will never understand. Because they "haven't been there".
It makes me sick to hear about "cheapening the CIB" after what we went through to earn it.
But I guess we old timers are not up to speed on current thinking. My "take" is that our country has become the world's police. And our soldiers are dying to make a democracy for people who want no part of it. This means more emphasis on recruiting. The possibility of one day being able to wear the CIB is an attractive tool. It helps enlistments. Why is it attractive? Because of what we had to go through to earn it!
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