Cynicalint,
All good points and I agree whole heartedly. My only point would be (and I think I understand your intent) is that people supporting ops or any other facet of the military are not (necessarily) REMFs. As an exchange officer on F-15s, I was the first officer at Tyndall AFB to volunteer for ops when the first Gulf War kicked off. Many of my students faught there. I was not a REMF. Again, I know what you meant, but I don't want to give the other sanctimonious gits here the opportunity to whine.