The U.S. military is America’s melting pot

I must commend the Review-Journal for publishing David McCormick’s Monday commentary “To end congressional gridlock, vote for a veteran.” Being retired military, I have espoused universal military training for many years, for both men and women after high school. Living and training with contemporaries of different backgrounds, religions, races and political persuasions provides a person with the ability and insight to be a true American — i.e., we look out for each other as we acknowledge our own insecurities. And so we must have people of that experience representing us in legislative (and executive) bodies.