When we got home from Iraq it was the most exciting time of my life. Having been away for 14 months and not seeing your family. They held a formation with our family sitting in the stands in front of us while a General was speaking. All I could do was look at my wife with a smile on my face and my eyes swelling up. I think when I finally held her in my arms I did not let go for about 10 minutes when she told me it was time to go home.
I don't really think they have been portrayed as baby killers by any serious press in the US maybe by some fringe elements but not at all by anything mainstream