Old Weird Ward
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Friday, April 18, 2003
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Military life consists of long hours, low pay, and frequently lousy working conditions. If you're married, your family life is subject to frequent separations on short to non-existent notice. All that's bad enough, but when civilians start giving you a hard time because you're in uniform, well that's a little over the top. See the full story at the San Antonio News-Express, HERE, for as long as it's posted, anyway.
Here's the short version:
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Because of recent instances of harassment of uniformed personnel, [Maj.-Gen.] Porr, the commanding general at Fort Sam Houston, felt compelled to warn the men and women who serve under him to use caution when traveling, shopping and dining in San Antonio.
"Two separate incidents against military personnel have occurred," Porr reported. "In the first incident, two males on the city's Northeast Side made threatening gestures and pounded on the car window of a drill sergeant and his spouse while they were on their way home.
"The second incident involved two sailors, in uniform, who were accosted by several males who said, 'You'd better not go to war,' as they departed a River Walk restaurant."
"If possible, avoid wearing of the uniform when dining in public places."
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This sort of thing makes my blood pressure go up. Just a little bit.
I got a certain amount of this kind of crap when I was in the Navy (1969-1973). I didn't like it then, I like it even less now.
Grrrrr.....
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