Originally Posted by
jimnyc
I'm confident some of the displays deserved a tap on the shoulder from one of their superiors, or some of the more overt displays may not have been in front of superiors - but besides the flaming fruitcake, can you find another man straddled on his boyfriend during one of these homecoming events? Or women soldiers acting in such a manner? All I see are the soldiers giving some hugs and kisses, not humping for the cameras.
Our wives never acted like that. The PDA's being depicted as reality are the exception, not the rule. We usually landed in a sandstorm created by the rotors of the CH-46 and our wives were nowhere near. We had to drag our seabags to get to them. Granted, they had the engine running and were ready to go, but at least we took our act home.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke