[Dave-O32481]

I retired nine years ago after 24 years as a Navy enlisted man. I have a good job with colleagues who are about 25 percent retired military, and work in a community where veteran status is the norm and several significant military installations are within a few hours drive. Here there is great respect for all things military, including, for instance, the current level of military spending. In my home town of Boston there is a large, proud and powereful veteran constituency, but a lesser percentage of military retirees and very little military investment. I believe the respect given the veteran in my hometown is of a more reserved but no less sincere kind and is in no way artificially inflated with the need for self-validation or economic stability. In my years on active duty I saw great variations in people’s views of the military and its members, some of it in response to local folkways, some more personal.

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Name : Dave-O32481, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Humanist, Age : 54, City : Palm Coast, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Management Trainer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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