flashman573

Well Tuition Assistance for the USAF has been suspended, meaning no one will be able to take college classes unless they pay out of pocket for them and we do not make enough money to support our families and go to college and buy books.

I know a lot of people are going to say "Well the rest of us have to pay for college why shouldn't you?"

Here is my answer, for those people that think that here is my question to you.

What do you currently do as a job? do you help keep your country free and let people have all the luxuries available to them? If the answer is no you might want to think why that is. Being in the military we get paid crap but to give us some benefit and incentive to live this hard life (trust me it is not easy especially when you are married and constantly moving). A lot of the military is made up of people that could not afford college and joined for the free education. 80% of the people I know joined for the education, so you take that number away and the 1% of American's that make up the Air Force now goes down to about .50% and I am only speaking on behalf of the people I know in the Air Force and not other branches. There is about 320 thousand Air Force members right now and if everyone that joined for the education left I wouldn't be surprised to see that number drop down into the 100,000 if not lower.

I know that is not going to make someone chance there mind about the TA the armed services get but everyone has their opinions and no ones opinion is wrong. I am not here to argue or start a debate so if that is why you might comment on this topic just know I wont respond. I am not here to sway anybody from their opinions and I could care less if you think I am wrong.

Just remember that I love you all lol