My dad was 22 years in the Royal Navy, retired a few years after the Falklands War (although he wasn't serving on a warship during that war he did two tours there). Both my grandparents served in WW2, my great-grandfather was a soldier in the Boer War. More recently, my little brother's best friend narrowly survived a suicide bomb while he was peacekeeping in Bosnia.
I have a lot of time and respect for those who serve their country.