You said combat. Not me. Have your life threatened and get back to me about peaceful tree huggers. File a few FBI reports. Then get back to me.
Talk to my old friend and co worker Rick Sieman of Dirt Bike Magazine who almost got decapitated by a dirt bike trap set by Earth First. He didn’t wear a uniform either.
Got shot, too. Like I tell my kids "where I was, everybody got shot".
A little sad you didn't choose any military life - kind of hoped you had so I could admire you and your positions. Back a little while, all men joined the service. It was a passage of manhood.
"Ecoterrorists"? Give me a break!