The widow of an Alabama airman killed during Operation Epic Fury has revealed that she and her children have been denied some of the benefits that bereaved family members are usually entitled to because the Iran war has not been declared an official war.
“The Air Force recently told me that because we haven’t officially declared war, my kids and I aren’t eligible for some benefits,” Libby Klinner, the wife of the late US Air Force Major John “Alex” Klinner, wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday.
Alex Klinner, 33, had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq in March, killing him and five others. He left behind his wife, their 7-month-old twins and a 2-year-old son.
Vietnam was drafted soldiers, so you got a whole slice of every type of person.
After the draft ended, it was strictly volunteers, so it’s exclusively the true-believer, Starship Troopers patriots. Even if they come out with problems, they’re less likely to blame the military for it.
That’s true. Wasn’t thinking about the draft
That’s not true in the slightest. Lots of people from poor families join because it’s probably the best way out of poverty. Once of my good friends who’s very left leaning joined did his service and then used the college benefits to get a career.