'We are at war and people don't even know': Inside the divide between the military and the rest...

COL Lee Flemming great perspective, and I fully concur with your read:
Today, less than half of 1% of the US population is active duty. In 1991, that percentage was twice as high, at roughly 0.8%. In 1969, at the peak of US involvement in Vietnam, almost 2% of the population was active duty, and in 1945, during World War II, it was almost 9%.

TSgt Joe C. SFC William Farrell PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Stephen F.] SGT Robert George SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SFC Dave Beran SGT Philip Roncari SP5 Michael Rathbun CW5 (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish COL Mikel J. Burroughs ] SrA Christopher Wright SFC George Smith Cynthia Croft SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

This is a problem as old as time.

I used to keep this on my desk:

God and the Soldier, all men adore
In times of danger, but not before
When the danger has passed, and all things righted
God is forgotten, the soldier is slighted.

Thank you sir for the insight.