Me - Desert Storm vet 1979-1999 USAF AWACS crewmember (retired)
Brother - Vietnam vet 1969-1975 USN Fireman USS Hancock. Evacuated Saigon refugees at war's end.
His son - Currently serving as a USA medic with the 1st Marine Battalion near Tikrit, Iraq, since March '04.
Dad - Korea vet 1950-1954 USN Mechanic's mate USS Yorktown & USN tug.
Uncle - Korea vet 1953-1957 USA Infantryman
Uncle - Vietnam vet 1961-1981 USA (ret)
Cousin - WWII vet USAAF. Flew 27 missions as a B-17 tail gunner in-theatre 1942-1946
Cousin - WWII vet USAAF. Flew 53 missions as a B-17 radioman; three of those with Col. Jimmy Stewart as his aircraft commander. 1942-1946
Cousin - WWI vet 1917-1918 USA. Infantryman. Killed by a German sniper seven days after the Armistice was signed.
Several other cousins, as well.

Pessimist - Sees glass as half-empty. Optimist - Sees glass as half-full. Gov't- Sees glass and takes it from you because you have a glass.
Political Correctness: A philosophical belief system bereft of common sense and logic, that supports and rewards ignorance and stupidity.