By Doug Nelson, a Vietnam Veteran whose son recently separated from the military. "Why are we Americans not outraged at the situation in which our government has placed our service people? Is it because they are someone else's sons and daughters? Did we learn nothing from the Viet Nam experience?"

By Harold Taggart. "'They volunteered, didn't they? What did they think they were signing up for?' We hear this refrain all the time from people who don't think that we should be speaking out as Military Families. This letter from a Vietnam Vet, points out that there are two parties to the enlistment contract."

By Sgt. Kevin Benderman. "Having watched and observed life from the standpoint of soldier for ten years of my life, I felt there was no higher honor than to serve my country and defend the values that established this country. My family has a history of serving this country dating back to the American Revolution and I felt that to continue on in that tradition was the honorable thing to do."

By Sgt. Kevin Benderman. "These are the chronological events that led me to conclude that I had no other choice than to refuse the deployment order to Iraq."

By Bob Tanner. "I still check the casualty list every day to keep this terrible war at the forefront of my thoughts and to spend a few moments thinking of those brave Americans who have given their lives so gallantly while the "armchair patriots" back home barely give them more than a passing thought. To so many in the United States these heroes are casualties of war. To those of us who have served in the Armed Forces and whose loved ones are serving now, this war and the terrible losses we've suffered so far are a constant reminder of how those who never put themselves in harm's way are always the ones to send others to fight and die."