Don’t know where you served dude, but I served 23 years in the submarine force. Every, repeat, every base I served on the National Anthem was played every morning at 0800. It was played base wide on the base P.A. system. When it came on everything, walking, cars moving, etc. came to a halt, we faced colors and saluted.
That was Mourning Colors fool!
“Every, repeat, every base I served on the National Anthem was played every morning at 0800.”
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To NEVER hear the national anthem is not possible. May be he imagined being in the US Navy lol