I have to take issue with this statement. Anyone who makes this kind of comment has obviously never stood in front of his team and said, "Ok, guys - we need to police the area, and then go down to the flight line for a FOD walk." Or "The Lieutenant wants us to move the spare line to the north side of the shop, and the maintenance rails to the south side of the shop because it makes the hangar have more 'flow' to it."
Oh, yeah - they (me included) complain, but we got the work done while we did it.
Yes, it ignores the old saying that a soldier isn't happy unless he's b*tching.
What I was more referring to is that soldiers don't come home and go around complaining to everybody about what they had to do or insist that they be thanked for it... and they certainly don't bark for the approval of the likes of Belzer.
What happens within their own ranks could, of course, differ greatly.