I am an Advocate for Veterans.
When in Boston, I had no problem going to the Top and airing my grievances (not for myself), but others that I thought were being denied the care they needed.
An aside, I have a black baseball cap with "Dysfunctional Veteran" over the classic National Seal and "Leave Me Alone" beneath.
At one point one of the "jacket and tie" yahoo's told me he found my cap "offensive".
Me: "OK, can you read?"
He: "Of course."
Me: "Take note of the second line."
He: "I would like you to take the cap off."
Me: "Shut the F*ck up and get out of my space, I've left better men than you lying face down in a rice paddy. Don't tell me what I can wear."
He: "Excuse me?"
Me: "This ends now, I'm here for a PTSD appointment with Mental Health the last thing I need is to be stressed by a piss-ant, f*ck off".
There were several Vets in the Waiting Area, various branches, one from WWII, the rest were Korea, Vietnam (like me), Desert Storm. A fellow 'nam vet asked me where I got the cap, I told him, and all nine of them grinned and said they knew the place, and would be going there.
I love my brothers and sisters who served. I'll be here for them as long as I can still breathe. 
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