I cannot believe what I have just heard. Adam has paid a small fortune CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET. A service provided by his government. He pays the US government for internet access. He pays his employer who takes him into war torn service free area, and cut him off from everything at home, and then says, "Oh by the way, if you want to talk to people at home, its going to cost you."
Adam and I don't even talk that frequently. He already gets paid peanuts and now half his peanuts are going BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT. Not to mention the money his Mom and I spend mailing him crap. It's not even free to send him stuff! I get to pay the government to send him stuff too! I would guess that a quarter of what he makes go back into providing all of the stuff that government should, like um FOOD, and um WARM CLOTHES, and um A WARM PLACE TO SLEEP, oh yeah and a way to F***ING PHONE HOME. The army is short sheeting people and not paying them appropriately for the stress of the situations they are in. This is a bad and unfair system in which you are not rewarded appropriately for the services you provide. You are not rewarded for working harder than anyone else, plus even if you were how the heck would they tell?!?!? They are already working you to the bone. I cannot even tell you about the blisters on the bottoms of the feet, the malfunctioning gear, and the ridiculous sleeping arrangements. No privacy, the dust and dirt getting every where, regular showers are a joke.
Why are they so hard on him? I don't get it. He is a good soldier, he does his job. Why do they treat him so poorly? They have invested a ton of money and training into him, and prepping him, you would think they would take better care of their soldiers. You would think they would want them to be awake and alert and energized, but I guess they don't because they don't let the soldiers eat and rest and have time to talk to their loved ones.
Let me tell you how much I despise that particular establishment at the moment. What an cruel despicable almost macabre thing to do.
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Wow- that's ridiculous that they make him pay for internet! It just feels so unjust, and there's nothing we can do about it.
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