When I first formed my reenactment unit, we had several Viet Nam veterans involved. Recon Marines, Air Assault, Airborne, Special Forces, and every thing in between were the makeup. Somehow, the reenactments brought things back to a simple way of life and made a good many of us remember that we have it really good.
Unfortunately, many of us are now between 50 and 60 years of age and all weekend on horseback is a little harder to get over than it was twenty years ago.