You said it perfectly. With the anticipated draw-down of the military I would love to see veterans get the first shot , not just a shot at these positions. I would rather pay these veterans than have kids working for college money. <br />I can see the government paying out huge unemployment benefits to these "laid off" Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines while just keeping them in and developing a disaster response MOS that could be used anywhere with the assets of military air and ground support as an extra benefit.