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Originally Posted by Spartan01

THIS^^^^^!!!!
(With one small caveat)

Our children and our soldiers should be our priorities...

Raise and educate our children well, pay teachers better, fund schools better, flood money into music, art, reading, life skills, mental reasoning classes. Our children our the future of this country.

Then, also just as important, take care of our soldiers. This is simply inspiring brand loyalty, a basic marketing strategy. Take good care of them (us) and prove that this country is strong, and will stay strong.

The British SAS has a unique approach- when a member is critically injured and can no longer be an active member, they are retired, then brought back (if they choose,) as an instructor. According to Andy McNab, this serves two distinct purposes;
1.) Why waste all that knowledge? They may not be able to deploy with the teams but they can certainly work as an instructor or admin capacity.
2.) This serves as a reminder to rookies and veterans alike- this is not a game, the slightest mistake, or moment of inattention can result in permanent disfigurement, and or injury. This helps to weed out those who do not really want the life, and helps to bolster those who do.

Well said! And I like how the Brits do it.