emunah613
Thank you beautifully said!
I have sons in the army, they face tests which are both spiritual and physical and they have grown immeasurably. My youngest in charedi yeshiva was singled out for having brothers serving in the IDF, he got his brothers and some other frum serving soldiers to come and visit, the boys were given chizuk, not insults, praise not abuse. It is all a question of approach, sadly in public many are too nervous to say thank you, but they surely did to the guy who serves in bomb disposal. Yes they thanked him for helping to protect them.