As a Canadian it's always interesting to see Americans and their views toward their military.
Be that as it may, I saw something even better in early January on a US PHX-LAS flight when a connecting pilot seated beside me in First was called up to the front by an FA, came back, gathered his stuff, and went to the back. Shortly thereafter a young marine was brought up by an FA and put next to me where the pilot had been. I asked him if he was on his way home and unfortunately he was not - he was going to Iraq for the first time.