Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human

As to the soldier's comments? Soldiers complain. Period. You could put a soldier in a suite at the luxor in Vegas for recovery, and they'd find something wrong. Add to the nature of most soldiers the fact that that most of them are going through treatment for psych injuries as well as physical injuries, and that alone explains some of the comments.
Well, I sure don't know which soldiers you talk to that complain so much. In the 18 months that my husband was in Iraq, I can count on one hand the number of times he complained about anything. One of my best friends is in Bagdad and I haven't heard him complain about his job, accomodations or anything else that has to do with his being deployed. My BIL is headed out in just a couple of months - back into a war zone - and I haven't heard him complaining much either.

I was military and then a military wife - living in crappy base housing around the world - and not only did I rarely complain about it, I don't recall anyone else complaining either.