Should there be added benefits to Soldiers who completed their full 8 year requirement and were discharged honorably?

No apology needed. And I'm not a sir, I knew my father, SOB that he was.

Hopefully he doesn't ask to join us in the shower.

CPO Joseph Grant - Spoken like the typical Non-Coms we are.

The Certificate of Honorable Discharge was good for me. Its what I signed up for. The thanks of my community is nice. I didnt join to get a letter from the Pres for doing my job the way it was supposed to be done. Honorable Discharge means that you did your job. Above and beyond generally rates medals and such. Everyone wants a trophy.

I agree thanks for response ssg.

not to mention job skills and the ability to carry yourself as a person.

Double that if you are from TX and use the Hazlewood act.

I agree with what you are saying MSG, however the VA has to do a much better job of scanning who gets benefits. There are way too many people out there getting 100 percent disability who are first termers and really have not done anything, and at the same time we have others who have done very little who maybe twisted an ankle and had to get a shot in the foot trying to get full disability. The idea of VA compensation is a good one to people who need it, but it has to be scanned there are too many people abusing it and who pays for that? The taxpayers you and me.

You are absolutely correct. I work with a couple of guys getting 100%. I know them well, there is next to nothing wrong with them. Another guy I work with has a lot of problems, some of which come from a helo crash. He gets 30%. The system is definitely flawed.

MSG I see it all the time it makes me sick