Back in my day one reason we often traveled home in civilian clothing was because there was still a huge anti-military personnel sentiment in the United states . . . driven by Dem Party ideology.
WHILE FORGETTING THAT BILL CLINTON WAS A DRAFT DODGER, JOE BIDEN GOT 'DIAGNOSED' WITH ASTHMA WHILE EXCELLING AT COLLEGE SPORTS, AND BARACK OBAMA WAS TOO MUCH OF A STONER TO PASS A DRUG TEST; THE TRUMP-HATING COLUMBUS DISPATCH PUBLISHED A LEFTIST OP-ED STATING, "COULD YOU EVER IMAGINE TRUMP RISKING HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY? I CAN'T."; "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"; THAT'S WEIRD, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY CAN.