Don’t be so hard on us, okay? A fellow I met recently entered service at about the same time I did (1980), but he had a pretty interesting career - he flew the A-4, A-7, F-16 and F-18s ... smart guy; he said he got more flight time in the reserves than he had on active duty, flying the no-fly zone in the early 90s and flying recon over Bosnia-Herz.
Ditto that. There were quite a few of us that made small contributions to win the cold war with the former Soviet Union..
I know, not all boomers were so misguided; it just seems the general tenor of the generation was off. Boomers as a group grew up with a life devoid of hardship and proceeded to squander all that their parents had given them. And while electing Reagan stands at least to their credit, I doubt they would have done so had their prior choice been even minimally competent.