Though I have seen the self-centered children who think it big to talk down to those who wrote that blank check to the American people, it has been my experience, the opposite is more true. When we arrived in DFW for R&R at 0600, we were walking on the upper deck and the people below us started clapping and cheering. Here were some 300 dead tired troops wbo spent the last 30 hours trying to get home but each one of us stood a little straighter and got a little more pep in our step. It was a little overwhelming to us but we were pround to be there.
My response to the other type, "it is my pleasure to serve". It puts them off guard.