But please...don't take your frustrations out on those who serve, they cannot change the policies...they need our support as a nation regardless of how we feel about policy.
Thank you, this was very well put. I know that Brian has wondered when they get back how people are going to treat him for being one of those soldiers over there. I hope that most of the people out there will look at it the way that you and I do. Thank you for your support and for voicing this point. It means a lot to us military families!

Okay, now I'm not really trying to start any fights here, but I do have a problem with a comment made. I understand that you are free to your opinions. The only problem is that I felt offended when a generalization was made in one of the recent comments. I have a right to voice this opinion and my feelings too. I understand that unfortunately most military do not plan ahead with animals or do the responsible thing. However, I do not feel that it should stop the rest of us responsible military families to have pets. Brian is active duty army and has been for almost 4 years now. After we got here and got our military housing, we got our first pup. We now have three. Those are our babies. Nothing would ever stop us from taking those girls with us whereever we go. Some of us are responsible. Our oldest 2 are spayed, but Sierra still has to be about 3 1/2 months older before they'll do it around here. We do keep them in the house, we do play with them daily, and we do care very good care of them. The generalization was made that military should not be aloud pets. That deeply offends me. I did nothing wrong and I was included in that generalization. Many of my friends around here are the same as me. We are the responsible ones. Please do not generalize us, just as you may not want to be generalized or discriminated against. NOT ALL OF US ARE IRRESPONSIBLE! Oh yeah, Brian is being deployed but I will be taking care of our babies, we did plan that way ahead, infact, when we got them!

Oh yeah, I'd also again like to thank Anakins Mom for everything you've said on here. There's no way that I could have said any of that any better, thank you!