Quote Originally Posted by Hooahguy View Post
So I do have some insight into this, from conversations with my friends who are in the military (I myself was planning to join as an officer before an injury took me out of training), they see the role of national defense as a critical part of government that's embedded in the constitution (whereas healthcare is not in their eyes) so they accept the "socialist" aspects of the job like healthcare and housing since its part of their job. And then after they accept the free healthcare because it is "owed" though VA healthcare is mediocre at best and many use it as an example of "see this is why socialized medicine wouldn't work!"
A permanent Navy is embedded in the Constitution, not Army or Airforce. The individual State's National Guard is probably OK.

Interesting that the bits that they directly benefit from are just part of the job and so are ok whereas the same for others is clearly going OTT.

VA healthcare is probably not first rate. But given how the average American would be financially crippled for pretty much any hospital care they are in this regard fortunate.