I never asked for anyone to respect me in this thread. The fact that you worthless assholes can't keep this bullshit out of one thread tells me that you don't respect the people who serve one bit.
We seem, as a citizen of the US, to respect Movie Stars, Rich Folks, Corporate Executives and People with Power in Government to such an extent that most everyone else is sorta left to the side.
In military, I recall that you salute the rank and not the person... I don't think I ever agreed to that... I always returned a salute with the utmost of respect and sharpness... and saluted in a much different way... depending on who it was... or, rather, what I knew about that senior officer...
I didn't reflect on that until reading a few posts here... I wonder if I was wrong back then... ?? Perhaps so, but still... idiot senior officers did not deserve my salute!... imo. I wonder what that might mean...?