You may disagree ... But I for one feel that our injured service personnel and their immediate families, past and present, should "want for nothing" in their lifetime if they are disabled or a life is lost
Coffman
I don't disagree for a moment and I really wouldn't want anyone to think I do and to pick up the point about the woman with eleven kids ( 5 or 6 fathers ), I personally would have stopped all extra allowances when she had 3 or 4 and re-directed the money to something worthwhile like the above.
I was actually thinking about Wg Cdr Burbridge before I saw this thread and it crystalised my questions which was perhaps unfortunate in a way as it has skewed them.
If we leave aside those who have suffered - physically or otherwise - due to their service, is the prevalent view amongst ex-military that they should be treated differently from the rest of the population ?