Troy...i have to agree...new recruits have no idea of what is to come. They may see plenty of combat in movies etc, but that still doesn't prepare them for the actual reality of combat...and nobody tells them how they will be thrown away and discarded by the military when they are of no use to them any more.

And families...much as they love their men with all their heart...they are frequently ill-equipped to deal with the aftermath as i call it...and resources to help ex-serving men and their families are woefully inadequate too.

It saddens and angers me to see all these men go through, all they give, how it affects them and their families and at the end of it....they don't count for crap!