Oh, really...the abuse still continues.....my hubby's major was just called a war criminal, baby and civilian killer among other things....they spent 15mos in Iraq in an AVN Co....
jun 70 lax airport ..... all the wonderful california liberals.... vvaw.. spat, through eggs, urine in a bag, fecies, called us everything they could think of.... I wore my uniform home through Atlanta, to Fayetteville, NC. I had it cleaned and it hangs in my closet to this say to remind me of them... and Kerry ..... and Fonda....
I was in the Air Force from 1975 - 1979. I was cursed at, called every name in the book while in uniform, and had bottles thrown at me. It wasn't the majority of my experience, but it did occur.
While stationed in Lowry AFB, in Denver, Colo. we were told to avoid certain areas.