It is understood that Service Members fight and defend these United States of America. We have a civilian President, Vice-President and other officials who have rank over them in leadership roles. No problem.
My problem is with the extra civilians that are hired in the
VA, DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service) and other important agencies
who haven’t served a day in their lives and have no idea what Service Members
actually go through. If they want a
civilian related job supporting the military, at least they should join the National Guard
or Reserve so that they can have an idea of the full experience.
There are more than likely millions, if not billions of dollars that could go directly to veterans without going through the extra layer of bullshit. As a matter of fact—the VA Claims department could be eliminated altogether. Telling anybody who went through the minimum of Basic Training that there