FDC,
Some people just don't quite get it. The whole "esprit de corps" thing escaps them.
I wish more often that if people don't understand something they either ask about it, or just leave it alone.
Too many times I have witnessed, and unfortunately, been a part of... a couple of military boys hanging out and talking trash with each other about how bad it sucks doing this and that and how bad the quality of life is and yadda yadda... then johnny civilian walks in, overhears the conversation and chimes up with "yea, i fvcking hate the (insert service branch here) too."
That statement is then followed by x number of soldiers, sailors, and marines instantly bonding with each other while stomping a fvcking mudhole in that boy's @ss.