"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:08:06 +0000, NOYB wrote:

Why would you join the military if there was no chance to see combat?
Isn't it a soldier's role to kill the enemy?


True, but some of these young men and women are on their third tour of
Iraq. It seems to me, we are asking too much of too few.

The great majority of Marines are re-enlisting on their own accord.