This is not a stab at anyone but it is amazing that everyone you talk to that has served miraculously all happened to be either in Force Recon or was a Navy Seal...It holds until I talk to them and start asking..ok, which force? Who was your CO? Did you serve with such and such a person? disclaimer - I am not in Force or a Seal team, it is just an example

Just serving is enough and very honorable. Of course the general public is more in awe by the Recon Marine than the Satelite operator, but both jobs are equally important and both should be proud.