"rb608" wrote in message
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1 closer friends (and I do not count myself among that inner circle),
1 and in their desire to honor him, they have on occasion taken to
1 wearing military style camo clothing, including to his memorial
1 service. Only one or two of this group ever served in uniform.

2 For the memorial service Saturday,
2 one of his former commanders drove across a couple of states, in full
2 dress uniform, just to speak for a few minutes about how he wouldn't
2 be there at all if it weren't for Brian.

We could say one difference between professional soldiers and
civilians playing soldier is that the professionals know how to
dress for a funeral. Camo clothing has the same status at a memorial
ceremony as SCUBA flippers, oxygen masks and other functional
gear of the modern soldier.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)