A great many military jobs, even oversaes ones, are desk jobs & working in supplies depots, as cooks, mechanics, NOT in the line of fire. I say that as the daughter, sister-in-law & aunt of veterans.
The woman who wrote that original smarmy craiglist post should be slapped. The person who wrote the reply about the cost & price of war got it right.

Seriously tho, I took my kid to the Egg Roll once & only once 8 years ago. I never went back for 2 reasons: 1) I won't step into that place while Chimpy is shitting all over it, defiling it; and 2) the egg roll is WAY overrated. Overcrowded, long lines everywhere for every activity, pain in the ass to get tickets, the majority of them are for admission the last half of it, well after the few celebs & politicans have left (they only are there the first 45 mins. or so), you cannot bring in ANY food or drink, and consequently there is nothing to eat or drink there, except if you stand in a long line for 1-2 pieces of chocolate. The whole exercise is a huge waste of time! If you're going because you REALLY must see the White House grounds, then contact your Congressperson for tour tix, or wait in the line for the spring or fall White House Gardens tour. It's a lot less crowded & the wait in line nowhere as long, plus the grounds are a lot prettier with flowers, less trampled by screaming brats...

Betty

Sick. She did deserve the response she got. And I'm sure the families who were there deserved a reprieve from her.

While my dear wife was able to keep a level head on her shoulders, many of these other brazen "birches" notoriously "wore the rank" of their spouses -- and in so many other misguided ways and behaviors -- proved to be detrimental to their spouse's career interests.

This woman deserved to be put in her place -- at the back of the line -- with all of the other people who had equally valid (or better) interests in attending the event. The trouble is, she was probably still sleeping while the line was forming -- and it was her poor husband who was sent out at midnight to go stand and line for the tickets. And when he failed, she decided to take matters into her own hands -- as shown here -- to the lasting embarrassment of her and her family.

Regardless of what you think about the ongoing wars -- and the military profession in general -- I think we can all agree that this woman is an embarrassment to her husband and his profession of service to others.

"I do not blame your husband for the hundreds of thousands of non-combatants that US soldiers have killed in the past 5 years. I blame the US civilian commanders.

"I do think it is shameful that soldiers who wanted to help their country only help Bush malign us all as he continues his destruction.

"Also, military families should be angry and ashamed of their service, since the Pentagon SO misuses it."

if you're in the military, should you get everything for free? no. gratitude, yes, but handouts, no.