Ain't that the truth!!
I was a brat not in service. My Dad prodded due to money, but it was Carter era and I think even he was relieved when I paid my own freight in school rather than put up with what he did.
I will never forget the deference paid to many NCOs by the officers in the 82nd. At first I did not understand, but watching them work and seeing how the troops treated them I realized that the Army had one grade and men had another.