No, there should be a public service component to public education, but limiting that service to military inappropriately inflates the importance of military service above all other kinds of public service, such as doctors who volunteer at free clinics or travel overseas to provide medical care in war torn or heavily impoverished countries. Civic duty takes many forms, and it is certainly as important to our society to provide care and compassion to those in need as it is to make war or even just maintain a forward area in the "War on Terrorism." And "GI benefits," intended to honor civic duty in our society, shouldn't only go to people who are willing and able to serve in the military.
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