A great gulf exists between American military and civilian societies. But paradoxically, it can be hard to tell young veterans of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from their peers who haven’t served. As I wrote a book about West Point recently, I would visit with vets who had left the Army and were attending some of America’s most prestigious universities. I was struck that the veterans were often the ones walking around campus with the longest hair, and the most stylish clothes.

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