Good advice, most of the ones that asked my advice were Christians and explaining to them that biden's military was openly hostile to them and everything they held dear was easy. Now that we have a new President, I am seeing signs if change and if the Republicans can hold power long enough military life might once again be an option. I am still reminding youth that there are plenty of better options and that you can serve the nation in other ways. If Vets were better taken care of after leaving the military things might be different but as long as half the country values illegals over vets I cannot see any value of protecting them. I am at the point now that should dims regain power and the country get invaded, I wouldn't lift a finger until my small town came under attack. Why would anyone defend a blue city?

Forceable take overs of government offices and making demands to change the legally elected government is and it is also treason.

The only thing the shutdown accomplished was exposing democrat hypocrisy. They hurt their own base, lied about it and got caught lying. The midterms will not go well for them and that's a good thing.

As a vet myself, I know we would never have enough room to discuss all the reasons vets are homeless. Discussing why the left hates vets and loves illegals is much easier. The reason the military broke down under biden was because vets like me convinced the youth that this nation was not worthy of service and sacrifice and pointing out how much better life was for illegals over citizens was part of our argument. Now that our military is functional again things are turning around people want to serve and to be frank military life can set you up for a better life or totally wreak you. It's not for everyone.

I am still on the fence when I am approached by someone thinking about joining, it happens a few times a year, usually someone that knows me through church. I sit down with them and give them the pros and cons, answer questions and usually talk them out of it.

The military is no place to try social experiments and going woke gets good people killed. Personally, I still think people should still avoid the military until the changes are complete and the military is focused on killing people and breaking things.

I have seen this work both ways, families that did a great job working with homeschooling groups. And others that dd better with traditional public schools. I think this issue is more about location and using the best of what's available. One size fits all doesn't work with education.