The programs are not all that easy to understand for people like us who try to find things on the Web, because a lot of pages are blacked out—there is a kind of censorship. Also, soldiers are not very open, because they are always afraid of the system; there is a code of silence and they are always very afraid.
I know that the 75% is there during their training—in other words, during the period when they are back in school. I know about the 75%. I said that earlier: that is fine, because they will have a lot fewer deductions, which means that there will not be such a big difference in income.
The supplement, as you say… for an injury, for example—and there again, I do not know exactly how you set these amounts. I also know someone who is receiving $780 a month because he has severe post-traumatic stress syndrome. So, he has $780 a month, and he is the same guy working as a security guard. He will be living with far less income.
It is the loss of income forced on them that I cannot accept. They went overseas and fought for our country, for your country, for their country and, in fact, it is as though they were being penalized for choosing a military career.
All these programs are so complicated that even a lot of soldiers do not understand them all. It is very complicated. They are forever being forced to go back and present additional justifications. What could be more humiliating for them than that?