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Well, my husband is active duty in the Air Force, so I don't tend to think of myself in local terms at all. We simply move too often for me to feel like any one particular place is home - the whole USA is home. I don't think his job is any more important or noble than "local" heroes. He's home more on a day to day basis then he would be as a firefighter, but he's also gone FARTHER when he leaves and stays longer. (He has been home a little over a year now from a year long stint in S. Korea.) I think in his career field that he has a much less dangerous job than an EMT, firefighter, or policeman. He's not cannon fodder and the chance of him seeing front line action comes after they reinstate the draft. Seriously, they'd use up draftees before they started pulling people from SO's career field. I think what makes these careers noble is the individual's willingness to put him/her self in danger for the good of others. They all fit into that category, don't they?
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