Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, yes it's probably a tiny bit safer safer to travel in civvies, although the haircut, etc usually gives them away anyhow.
On the other hand...I don't like giving in to the bad guys to the point where we have to hide in plain sight in CONUS.
OCONUS, absolutely as low a profile as possible.
Maybe it's just cultural depending on which service and what you do. I'd say the vast majority of guys I've flown with in the USAF Aircrew world would do everything possible to avoid attention and wearing uniforms off base, outside of daily lunch. Wearing a uniform on a commercial aircraft is almost an emergency procedure. Not that we're not proud, but we like it low-key regardless of the threat environment.