"America doesn't know its military and the United States military doesn't know America," said Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The American people are extraordinarily supportive of our men and women. There's a sea of goodwill. They want to connect with us in an awful lot of ways," Mullen said. Still, Mullen worried that, despite those good intentions, the gulf between the military and the society it serves is growing. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.