Note from C. Robb
I am the mother of a man who has now spent 19 of his years with the military. He is currently serving in Afghanistan. He has served in Iraq twice since the war began and has served in Saudi in the past during Desert Storm.
Having a loved one serving his country proudly and yet in doing so going miles and miles away and having to pay for internet is quite disheartening. Why are those serving whether in war or because of orders overseas having to pay not only for the internet service, put the costs are so much more than any of us using the internet for our leisure time or business.
They aren’t using it 24/7 as they have very, very important jobs to do or they wouldn’t be there. If they are stationed at a base, working every day, there is access to call home, ie: I’m going to be late for dinner… but they can’t use the internet to send an email or chat with their loved ones? My granddaughter misses her dad. My daughter in law misses her husband. My daughter misses her brother.
His grandmother misses her grandson… and his mother misses her son. I feel the situation regarding the war zone is even a greater discussion on internet use as all of these mentioned don’t just miss their loved one….they want to know he is safe. It’s not a situation or discussion of rate of pay but rather a benefit that in my opinion should be allowed due to the circumstances that takes the soldier away from the homefront.
This is my story and my opinion…my son has no input to this message. I am writing because I strongly believe in this cause especially after finding out how much he has to pay per month to be able to use the internet and the fact that so many times he has even been without as the server has been down. Why isn’t it an allowable benefit to those that serve our country? I have an important job, but my job will never be as important as his. Can I get on the internet to talk to my family? Of course not! But I come home to my family each and every day!
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