Securing the homeland, for free

If the Department of Defense can be believed, at least half a million National Guards members and reservists have been shipped over to Iraq and Afghanistan. The number may be far higher.

DoD is coy about what, exactly, the Guard and Reserve members have been doing over there. But even the Pentagon's own news channel, not usually known for hard-hitting reporting, makes it clear that there's a lot of discontent in the ranks.

For one thing, the army's been stiffing Guardsmembers and Reservists on the hardship pay and medical care which should be coming to them when they get assigned to combat posts. Isn't it enough that we're forcing these men and women to help in the overseas occupation, without also robbing them of their due pay?

Take a look at the Pentagon video below.

http://dodvclips.mil/index.jsp?fr_story=FRdamp321579&rf=rss