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Interesting thoughts...I myself am a bit frustrated at the general public at large....even in a miliary town, like Fay, NC. I believe that the general public supports our military out of convenience...(not all, but a good majority). If it doesn't cost them anything, it is "easy" for them to support and encourage. My wife had an interesting experience this year in Fayetteville while I have been deployed...there has been a general sense of the War in Iraq being over, especially with the media coverage of the last patrol (Styker BDE) leaving Iraq. We all watched the news coverage from in country over the next few days and had a general felling of abandonment based on all the media stories. Pissed my Wife off so badly, she wound up talking to the Fay Observer Editor about it at dinner one night. Not sure it did much good...She, herself has felt abandoned during this deployment and I believe a lot of it has to do with the media and general public.
Another fact the general public doesn't realize is the number of American civilians serving in the war zone...actually outnumbering the military. Great Americans all of them to put themselves in harms way, regardless of their motivation. Truly special people.
The general confusion over Memorial Day and Veterans' Day is also dis-heartening, even among our membership. Used to frustrate the hell out of my Dad as well...I believe some of his thoughts about this are already posted.
Dan
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