In my comings and goings of the hospital, commissary, (NEX)PX, etc, I have run across many retired and retire-turned-maintenance personnel. Most are courteous, intelligent, respectable individuals. The ones that are working on base (especially on the flighline) are VERY proud of their birds. I have to agree that most of the personnel I ran across in Enid were not these people.
However, I do agree with Gatordev that, just because they are former military, they are not immune from wanting "more" or "better" benefits. BUT, striking is not the way.
p.s. The next AW to use "war hero" is going to get a manatee flipper upside the head! :icon_rage