The military was not very popular when my brothers first went in either. It would have been nice if my classmates understood my pride, but their ignorance didn't dampen my pride any. Looks like it didn't dampen yours either.
Nope, not a bit.
I went to a christian school that became more
like a public school with every public school
reject we accepted. None of them were smart
enough to understand, most of them spent all
their time talking about how much they hated
everyone in their family, often calling their
mothers ******* (something I would never do).
So I found their opinions invalid at the least.