Stopping the civilian-military drift: Column

I have never felt like I'm underappreciated for my service. As for this statistic, "resulting in an astonishing 90% of service members surveyed saying that the general public does not truly understand the sacrifices made by them and their families" that is not because the general public isn't empathetic, I believe it is because they haven't experienced it. That is why SMs say the public doesn't understand. People can't imagine the pain, stress and hardship of the military-because they don't have the same experience on a day to day basis. Let us be the quiet professionals and thank our nation for their support, but not demand they know what it is like to walk a day in our shoes.

I tend to feel this is a figment of some reporter's mind. Never saw it since Vietnam days during my AD and not at all after retiring.