I don't have any idea what Patrick did or feels but I'm certain it's nothing but honorable and his intentions are as well just as yours are and I don't and won't judge. Many on this forum have served or have had family or friends that served. My son just finished a 6 year enlistment and I respected him for doing his part but worried about him all the time. I served in the Air Force for 24 years in the medical field, deployed and helped care for the wounded, and honored them and helped care for those that came to our facility in Croatia back in the early 90's during the Bosnia Herzegovina conflict and in the Desert during this war and Iraq. Not all made it back home safely, some didn't even make it to our MASH alive in Zagreb, or didn't make it out of there, I won't talk about them any more than to say I still see the images in my mind and sometimes dream about it.
I continue to serve the AF as a Civil Servant, for 6 years now and talk to the theater daily. My duties include supporting the AE system that brings the injured back to higher echelons of care in theater and then back to Germany and the US to facilities nearest their families to continue treatment. So I am extremely familiar with what happens during conflicts and have seen it first hand more than I can count. We medics don't carry arms in combat, but some of my friends have been injured, one of my AD coworkers has a purple heart, and some have been killed by shelling with mortars or during convoy duty. Medics are assigned to support convoy duty and other non-medical tasks and during those times we carry weapons like the rest of the service members and have them to protect ourselves and our patients at the medical facilities.
I respect and honor all fallen soldiers that died to protect our freedoms and those that are still dying or being wounded serving our country in Afghanistan. I've served on AF Base Honor Guard's for over 10 of my 24 years as an active duty service member, and as a member of my local American Legion, and performed well over a 100 burial details and countless veteran or memorial services in the US and England during those years and I tell you I did so honorably along with the rest of the burial party and colors presentations and I don't need someone chastising me or anyone else with nothing but the best intentions who has commented in this thread over a simple choices of words.
We love Mopars which is what brings us together but we don't know much else about each other or what lies in each others hearts and minds so let's calm the judging down and honor those those that have fallen instead of judging one another. I can't speak for Alley or Iron Wolf but I'm sure they do honor our fallen service men just as much as I do or wouldn't even have commented at all.