Totally non-military but in the spirit of the people on here:
We have an old boy down my road who is, no bones about it, a full on alcoholic.
Few times I have walked him home, one time he cheekily asked me to go back to the main road and pick up his shopping
Just now, sat down watching the box, I could see said gentleman in a state of disrepair. Helping him into a car were 2 youngsters, girl and and a boy.
They drove him the 100 yards to his home and knowing how he is I went out to help.
These 2 youngsters were trying to get him out with kind words and gentle loving, I pitched up and spoke to him in that tone I once used to raise a sleepy cook to lay on a fresh urn of brew and a few bacon sarnies for a 'lost' army patrol on Mount Kent.
Got him in the house safe and sound and went back to the teenagers.
I asked them how they knew him and they said "We see him sometimes and thought we could not just leave him"
I have seen plenty of others walk right by him, including a nurse, but these kids stopped and took the time to help out.
To use a word they may know but sometimes not really understand - Respect.
