Joseph J. Heck: “It is incumbent upon us to make the necessary changes to be able to continue to try to expand the benefit--to get to…”

Any job that exists in the private sector is available in uniform, and we need to do a better job at making that known to the American public.

I find it unacceptable that we would place the additional burden of years of concern about the legitimacy of a bonus payment, or student loan repayment, on those who volunteer to serve.

There is no more pressing urgent time to institute a call for national service to bring this country back together.

For those of us that serve voluntarily in any capacity, being the military or any other--the Peace Corps or any other public service--we do it voluntarily because of the common goal and interest and principle that binds us as a country.