Young parent, families shouldn't bear brunt of war's cost

I don’t know who was the most irresponsible last week, the Army mom who reported for duty with her two young children or the U.S. Army for putting her in that position. I’m sure it’s hard to recruit for wars that go on for year after year and could potentially go on indefinitely. And it’s easy for inexperienced young people to believe that they can learn to be a soldier when they don’t have a clue about what will be required of them. Since fathers of young children go off to war, I’m sure people would consider it sexist to suggest that young women shouldn’t be required to do so. The point is that parents who have no one to watch their children should not join or remain in the military if that is the case.