To suggest that a Model Aircraft Competitor is equal with a US military member in that respect is completely out of line. A pattern competitor represents his or her country in competitive games. Defending our country is NO game.
Hey I just thought about something else. When they have RC Combat as an International sport, what happens then? It's funny when I thought about "RC Combat", if you can't compare "RC to Combat" and they are contradictive to each other then that makes the term "RC Combat" officially an oxymoron!!!!