Special considerations, too
Whenever I'm on the road, if I see a uniformed soldier at the same restaurant, I'll call the waitress over and pay for his meal. I make a point of leaving before he gets the bill so that it remains anonymous. Any and all uniformed personnel are invited to cut in front of me if I'm in line. And if I happen to get bumped to a first class airline seat (because of frequent flyer status), I always give that seat up to any military person.
And I'm finally seeing the airlines also do their part. Some airlines are allowing the military to board first. And while at Reagon airport the other day, I saw TSA open up the ropes to let a soldier go in front of our very, very long line of people waiting to get through the security area. Simply because he was in uniform.
I encourage everyone to do the small things -- whenever possible -- to make their lives a little better.
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