[Cagekicker]

That article was very well-written and thank you for sharing it.

I was raised an Army brat, joined the Infantry and after ETS'ing, became a Correctional Officer for the state of Arizona and have dealt with a couple different views that people have of military and other organizations.

What I've found is that most civilians don't have much of an idea of what the military services do, what they are composed of, what their abilities are, etc. They generally only have a thorough understanding when they have military background or have had close contact with the services. The further away from a military base a city/town is - it seems the less impact any military entity has on them. For some, the only knowledge of military is what they see in the news or movies. In my opinion, that's why military history is important to be taught to kids in school...it's important to know where they came from, how the country got to where we are and who fights for their rights to get to where they are going. (Don't know if that makes much sense, I'm a bit tired.)

People don't fully understand things that they don't deal with on a daily basis or that are outside of their "scope".
When I was a Correctional Officer, for the most part the public knew nothing about what we did for them. We worked behind the scenes and out of the publics eye for the most part. "Out of sight, out of mind."