(06-15-2018, 11:06 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(06-15-2018, 09:25 AM)TurndownforWatt Wrote: You think people are hypocritical, because people don't stand in the middle of a bar when the anthem is being played on TV? That's just silly.

Yea.. why would civilians do that? People in the military have to though.. that's why a lot avoid places that do it.

 I was in the military and let me tell you, we'd have our arses handed to us if we were ever caught in a bar off base in our uniforms (outside of the VFW or American Legion).

Off the clock and off base in civilian clothes..I was not required by my command to stand for the National anthem that's playing on a TV, especially in a bar. 

The C.O.s I had preferred that we changed out into our civies before we left the base for the day, but if we couldn't he wanted us to go home making as little stops as possible, because some crazy people out there actually target military personnel. We were instructed to keep a low profile.. that was 2002 post 9/11

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