I was going to add this to the one about military family threats but I see it is closed. I know I worry too much. But after what happened in Canada, soldiers being targeted, I worry that our sons and daughters who walk around campus in various types of military uniforms may present as easy targets.
Nothing to do about it really except to tell them to remain alert. Perhaps the time may come when they are not allowed to wear their uniforms while walking along campus. I know that at my DS's University when there are various types of protests going on, they are told to not walk alone and to avoid certain areas. At one demonstration, one of university professors actually spit on one of the students in uniform. If they have to watch their backs from "normal people", it is more worrisome with the greater risk from radicalized Muslims/ISIS.
Now more than ever we need the brave men and women who step up to protect our country. But as a mother, I feel more and more worried and wish I could tell him to leave his uniform hidden.
Nothing to do about it really except to tell them to remain alert. Perhaps the time may come when they are not allowed to wear their uniforms while walking along campus. I know that at my DS's University when there are various types of protests going on, they are told to not walk alone and to avoid certain areas. At one demonstration, one of university professors actually spit on one of the students in uniform. If they have to watch their backs from "normal people", it is more worrisome with the greater risk from radicalized Muslims/ISIS.
Now more than ever we need the brave men and women who step up to protect our country. But as a mother, I feel more and more worried and wish I could tell him to leave his uniform hidden.