Not sure we can pursuade Ranch Dog to exchange, seats, though..... unless one of them knows how to drive!

http://baldilocks.typepad.com/baldilocks/2004/07/incredibly_cool.html

It all began with a chance encounter at an airport, a glance, an offer, a quiet chat.
What's your seat number, soldier?
It's 23-B, sir, the soldier told the businessman.
No, son, that's my seat. Yours is in first class.
As more soldiers boarded, similar offers quickly came from the other first-class passengers.
And eight soldiers heading home from Iraq for two weeks of R&R found themselves with their officers in the big seats up front instead of the center seats in coach.
U.S soldiers fresh from Iraq were surprised but grateful for the first-class seats on Flight 866 from Atlanta to Chicago.
That spontaneous act of good will transformed American Airlines Flight 866, from Atlanta to Chicago, on June 29.
"The soldiers were very, very happy, and the whole aircraft had a different feeling," said Lorrie Gammon, one of the Dallas-based flight attendants working the trip.
"There were 14 seats in first class, and there were 12 soldiers there. The other two first-class passengers wanted to give up their seats, too, but they couldn't find any more soldiers."

Sure different than when we came home. Good to see, this is the way it should be!!

A Whole lot diffrent than the way I was treated, but I felt better after the *** picked himself up from under the counter.

Lee L.

When my son came home on R & R in December we took a car ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. We were on the passenger deck and I heard them do a birthday announcement. When my son went to the restroom I went to the 2nd Mate and told him my son was on his way home from Iraq on R and R and was still in his dessert camo. He did an announcement and the entire boat gave him a standing ovation and several people came over to shake his hand and thank him. It was a great feeling. (But I wonder if that is why he is having his girlfriend pick him up when he flies in on leave Wednesday?) Great to see people are respecting our service men and women.