Nov
25
James Learmont is a major in the British Commando Brigade and he isn’t spending the holiday in the English Channel seaport of Plymouth, but with a close friend Sean Metroka, with whom he stood alongside during the Iraqi conflict.
What they’ve noticed since returning from the war are sharp differences in the way the war effort has been received on the home front.
Learmont, whose father served in the British military, said flatly: “Nice, good-luck stories don’t appear in our press. You didn’t see “Support the Troops’ banners en masse. It would have been nice,” Learmont said in his crisp accent.
“You would feel a lot better, but it’s not in the British character to do that. We’re very reserved. … What we never had the opportunity to do was celebrate.”
Peace of home - Soldiers get to spend holiday with friends and family - TheUnion.com