[Ninastar]

you reminded me of some thoughts I had earlier today...

i was thinking about how people in the US feel about it's Army/Military compared with how the people in the UK feel about it's Army/Military.

I have a huge amount of respect for both. I think they are heroes. Brave people who are standing up for their country... I've noticed (maybe it's just where I live) that people in the Military/Army here don't get as much respect over here. Maybe it's just me thinking that, but I always hear people refer to those training to be in the army as 'squaddies' and I find that it's a little distasteful... is there something different about the UK army compared with the US army? Are they both not doing the same thing? Am I missing something here?