Are Camp Ripley soldiers the "Rottweilers to protect America?"

Decide for yourself.....read this interesting article. Amongst other things, the article states that less than one-half of 1 % of the U.S. population is in the armed services today, the lowest rate since World War II.  Surveys suggest that 80 % of those who serve, come from a family in which a parent or sibling is also in the military. Some 49% of the 1.3 million active-duty soldiers members in the U.S. are concentrated in just five states----California, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. The U.S. military today is gradually becoming a separate warrior class, many analysts say increasingly distinct from the public it is charged with protecting. 

On page 3 of this article, it says " I am well-aware that many Americans, especially our elite classes, consider the military a bit like a guard dog," said Lt. Col. Remi M. Hajjar, a professor of behavioral sciences and leadership at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.  "They are very thankful for our protection, but they probably wouldn't want to have it as a neighbor," he said. "And they certainly are not going to influence or inspire their own kids to join that pack of Rottweilers to protect America."

http://www.wopular.com/special-report-us-military-and-civilians-are-increasingly-divided

It also states on page 2...."Today's military enjoys a lifestyle that in many ways exceeds that of much of the rest of the country: regular pay raises and lavish reenlistment bonuses, free healthcare, subsidized housing, and after 20 years of service, generous retirement benefits unavailable to many other Americans."  

I have heard the phrase ..... "U.S. MILITARY....

 "BIGGEST WELFARE QUEENS"

IN AMERICA.  

It certainly is at the very least the largest taxpayer subsidized "jobs program" ever.  I would also liken it to corporate welfare. 

On page 3, it says "Military bases are our most exclusive gated communities," said Phillip Carter, a former Iraq veteran.

The Army's influence in Fayetteville is so pervasive-- as in MANY TOWNS near big military bases in America---that it's often hard to tell where the military ends and the civilian world begins.

Little Falls is like that, married to Camp Ripley, with the mayor French kissing the bride.  The city council holds its hand out to grab every dime of the military $$$$$  that 
Ripley bribes them with, so they can continue to violate the MPCA noise standards, and kill everything that moves with their toxins spewed during live fire exercise.