It's way too late to write this, but I have a late start tomorrow. You must NEVER allow people to disparage you for having served. What you did is a source of pride and self-respect. You must always remember this. 

Years ago I lived up in BKK, and my very best friend (Australian ex-special forces) trained some of you guys out in Cambodia. He always commented on how good you were. 

My friend was eventually shot dead outside his house in BKK back in 2001. That changed my life. But I'll tell you a story that happened in the late 90's. My friend and I did "a mission" in Burma and (after a series of events which I won't describe) ended up in a remote village in the middle of nowhere. The village was tiny, and tethered to a pole next to a teak tree was a strange-looking pig. But it wasn't a pig; nor was it a cow. It was the oddest-looking animal we'd ever seen. 

And then my friend worked it out  the animal was a Javan rhinoceros. True story.